Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:16:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:16:26 -0500 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:34574 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:16:15 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Announce: modutils 2.3.23 is available Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:45:41 +1100 Message-ID: <31418.977010341@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ftp://ftp..kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3 patch-modutils-2.3.23.gz Patch from modutils 2.3.22 to 2.3.23 modutils-2.3.23.tar.gz Source tarball, includes RPM spec file modutils-2.3.23-1.src.rpm As above, in SRPM format modutils-2.3.23-1.i386.rpm Compiled with egcs-2.91.66, glibc 2.1.2 modutils-2.3.23-1.sparc.rpm Compiled for combined sparc 32/64 patch-2.4.0-test13-pre2.gz Adds persistent data and generic string support to kernel 2.4.0-test13-pre2. Changelog extract * Correct error path in rmmod.c. Andrew Morton. * Include latest Redhat alias list. Bill Nottingham. * hppa and hppa64 support. Richard Hirst. * Rework Makefiles for common 32/64 code. Keith Owens. * Add parportmap. Adam J Richter, Keith Owens. * Use GNU standards for cross compile. Maciej W. Rozycki. * Fix bound check on generic_string. Bug reported by Jaroslav Kysela, different patch by Keith Owens. * Warn instead of error for invalid MODULE_PARM. Keith Owens. Notes: (1) Persistent data is not on by default, you must run insmod with -e to support persistent data. If you are loading modules via modprobe and you want persistent data for all modules then you need insmod_opt -e "" in /etc/modules.conf. (2) Current kernels do not support persistent data nor generic strings. You must apply patch-2.4.0-test13-pre2 to get kernel support for these features. (3) No modules currently have persistent data. Module writers who want data to be persistent must make a one character change to their modules, read the above patch. Even then, the user must activate the persistent data, see note (1). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/