Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261597AbUKISFU (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:05:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261598AbUKISFU (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:05:20 -0500 Received: from brmea-mail-4.Sun.COM ([192.18.98.36]:2236 "EHLO brmea-mail-4.sun.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261597AbUKISFM (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:05:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:04:49 -0500 From: Mike Waychison Subject: Re: insmod module-loading errors, Linux-2.6.9 In-reply-to: To: linux-os@analogic.com Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Colin Leroy , Linux kernel , rusty@rustcorp.com.au Message-id: <419106C1.40809@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040918) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime References: <200411090000.iA900Obi004485@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1862 Lines: 51 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 linux-os wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > >> On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:52:18 EST, linux-os said: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> If you didn't have the foresight to keep that kernel version around, >> there isn't much we can do to help you. Yes, this may mean you have >> a big bunch of /usr/src/linux-2.6.* directories. >> > > Wrong. Whoever put the module-loading code INSIDE the kernel, > for POLITICAL reasons, created a new POLICY. > No. Version information is still stripped in module-init-tools in _userspace_ for modprobe --force. The fact that insmod doesn't support '-f' is probably an oversight and Rusty would likely accept a patch. - -- Mike Waychison Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1 (650) 352-5299 voice 1 (416) 202-8336 voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: The opinions expressed in this email are held by me, and may not represent the views of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBkQbBdQs4kOxk3/MRArfFAJ9So6d7pRXqAgkuGj9XhsELsrymdgCfZs+x Yz1bhTMbZkD35dbd8CEk+vk= =kAgK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/