Re: [PATCH 5/6] module: make modversion_info contain a pointer, notan array.

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:05:52 +1030
Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> With allmodconfig (minus non-building modules) on 32-bit x86:
> Total size of modules before: 60009790 bytes
> Total size of modules after: 55927866 bytes
> 
> Saving 7% of module size for CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y; and these sections
> are kept resident as well.
> 

that reminds me.. can we just simplify MODVERSIONS to be a md5sum (or
sha1 whatver) of the .config file in the VERMAGIC ?
it's a lot more reliable in detecting incompatibilities, and a lot
less space consumed.

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