Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261904AbUCGNEF (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 08:04:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261915AbUCGNEF (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 08:04:05 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:17313 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261904AbUCGNEC (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 08:04:02 -0500 Subject: Re: External kernel modules, second try From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher , lkml , "kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" In-Reply-To: <20040307125348.GA2020@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <1078620297.3156.139.camel@nb.suse.de> <20040307125348.GA2020@mars.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-LeVtQ4ZMwCtcq1Cdo9IC" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-Id: <1078664629.9812.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 14:03:50 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1332 Lines: 40 --=-LeVtQ4ZMwCtcq1Cdo9IC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > Could you explain what is the actually gain of using the > modversions file your patch creates. (modpost changes) distributions don't like to install the vmlinux since it's big(ish) and means customers need to download a new vmlinux at each kernel erratum. The same information is btw also present in System.map so imo the real solution is to make modpost use System.map instead ;) > > modules SUBDIRS=3D$PWD'' works against a read-only tree. > Agree - should be easy to test using a CD. > Are there an easy way to mount just a directory structure RO? not without making it a separate partition or loopback device. --=-LeVtQ4ZMwCtcq1Cdo9IC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBASx20xULwo51rQBIRAoxLAKCqLx/mgbNqmS9P0Z6jPQNCM4KhFwCdFFIW 8BCs/sdPBhOrkkV2OzU1cX0= =5Olr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LeVtQ4ZMwCtcq1Cdo9IC-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/