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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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To: "Mathew, Tisson K" <tisson.k.mathew@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: Inserting modules w/o version check
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Mathew, Tisson K wrote:

> All ,
> 
> Can we enforce no version check for modules when they are inserted
> ( insmod

insmod -f module.o
        |_______________ force loading

> ) ? If yes , can this be implemented in the module itself ?
> 

No. `insmod` wouldn't load it so the module doesn't get a chance to
"check" anything.

> Thanks in advance 

Also, note that `struct file_operations` has different member-
locations for different kernel versions. Even if the module
loaded, you might end up with 'read' being 'seek', etc. Bad idea.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

                 Windows-2000/Professional isn't.

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