Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261173AbUKHS1G (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:27:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261157AbUKHSZ2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:25:28 -0500 Received: from alog0232.analogic.com ([208.224.220.247]:4992 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261159AbUKHSYq (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:24:46 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:52:18 -0500 (EST) From: linux-os Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Colin Leroy cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: insmod module-loading errors, Linux-2.6.9 In-Reply-To: <20041108175638.2b3da7b3.colin.lkml@colino.net> Message-ID: References: <20041108175638.2b3da7b3.colin.lkml@colino.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1657 Lines: 42 On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Colin Leroy wrote: > On 08 Nov 2004 at 10h11, linux-os wrote: > > Hi, > >> Please restore the "-f" parameter passed to insmod. It >> was there for a very good reason. This allows one >> who encounters the module-loading error while installing >> the kernel to force the module loading. In this way, the >> correct modules are used to generate the new `initrd` image. > > Wouldn't using the EXTRAVERSION field save you from such hassles? > > -- > Colin > There are certainly work-arounds for problems that shouldn't exist at all. So, every time I do something to a kernel, I have to change whatever the EXTRAVERSION field is? Then, when a customer demands that the kernel version be exactly the same that was shipped with Fedora or whatever, I'm screwed. They simply should not have removed the "-f" option of insmod. It's just that simple. This option allowed transient (possible) incompatibilities so that one could be productive and not spend a whole day reinstalling from a distribution CD because the new modules wouldn't work because somebody decided that their special VERMAGIC_STRING was so ")@*&#$%)" important that they preempted my work. Don't get me started.... Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.9 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by John Ashcroft. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/