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Subject: Re: modversion clarification.
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Pat Suwalski <pats@xandros.com>
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On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 17:17, Pat Suwalski wrote:
> According to several places in the 2.4.x documentation, it is the exact 
> opposite, and allows for large freedom to exchange modules between kernels.
> 
> Could someone please clarify for me?

It attempts to ensure you only load a module on a matching kernel. That
means stuff will sometimes load happily between versions which without
modversions it would not. It also mstly ensures you dont mistakenly load
a module from one 2.4.18 kernel into another binary incompatible one.
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