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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Thomas Schlichter <schlicht@uni-mannheim.de>
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Subject: Re: no version magic, tainting kernel.
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:32:59PM +0100, Thomas Schlichter wrote:
> Thanks for your answers!
> 
> I did not compile my module with a kernel Makefile, I used the very small and 
> simple one attatched to this mail. So it seems I miss something when the 
> module is linked and I have to know what I have to link to the module or 
> which header-file I have to include...
> 
> For me it seems link I have to link the init/vermagic.c file to my module, but 
> how would this be possible if only the kernel includes were available??
> I think only these should be needed to compile a module...

As it is today the only sane way is to have the full kernel src available.
It should be possible to minimize that - but I do not feel tempted to
do so.

We want to do too much to rely on whatever makefile people write for
their module.

	Sam
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