Re: [patch 2.6.9 9/11] r8169: Add MODULE_VERSION

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, John W. Linville wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 04:34:45PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > This makes warning error about :
> >
> > Warning: could not find versions for .tmp_versions/r8169.mod
> >
> > Do I have to enable something in .config (like CONFIG_MODVERSIONS)?
> > If so, how does one make this transparent, to get rid of the
> > warning if CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set?
>
> Odd...I don't get any such warning, with or without
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS...
>
> MODULE_VERSION is used elsewhere -- do you get that warning
> from any other modules?  Was this from a clean build?
>
> Send me your .config, and I'll look into it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John

It's a generic problem with compiling modules outside of
the kernel. The attached module, complete with its Makefile
shows the problem.

We really need to fix such problems because, to use the
same kernel for a development effort means that the kernel
sources are on some NFS server, not writable by developers.
They have write permissions only for their own workstations.
Therefore, one can't copy their sources to the kernel tree,
modify .config and then develop their modules.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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