Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:34:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:34:20 -0500 Received: from rj.sgi.com ([204.94.215.100]:48324 "EHLO rj.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:34:10 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Mike Fedyk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Nov 2001 20:42:10 -0800." <20011108204210.A514@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 16:34:00 +1100 Message-ID: <7712.1005284040@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 20:42:10 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: >EXTRAVERSION=-pre1+freeswan-1.91+xsched+netdev_random+ext3-0.9.15-2414+ext3-mem_acct+elevator > >Unfortunately, with this long kernel version number, modutils (I've noticed >depmod and modutils so far...) choke on it. > >depmod: >depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.15-pre1+freeswan-1.91+xsched+netdev_random+ext3-0.9.15-2414+e#1 SMP Thu Nov 8 20:18:04 PST 2001/modules.dep for writing > >uname -r: >2.4.15-pre1+freeswan-1.91+xsched+netdev_random+ext3-0.9.15-2414+e#1 SMP Thu Nov 8 20:18:04 PST 2001 It is not a modutils problem, it is a fixed restriction on the size of the uname() fields, modutils just uses what uname -r gives it. struct utsname { char sysname[SYS_NMLN]; char nodename[SYS_NMLN]; char release[SYS_NMLN]; char version[SYS_NMLN]; char machine[SYS_NMLN]; char domainname[SYS_NMLN]; }; SYS_NMLN maps to _UTSNAME_LENGTH. /* Length of the entries in `struct utsname' is 65. */ #define _UTSNAME_LENGTH 65 Like you said, don't do that :). - 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/