> As post earlier, using a compile time option called "Module
> compatibility", we could modify few header to achieve this for those who
> wants it (most I guess). This means that with this "module compatibility"
> option, most kernel structure would always be the same whatever options
> are used, without recoding any modules.
I would give my left eyeball for this!
As the maintainer for the Linux PCMCIA driver package, I get a mind
numbing amount of email from users with module version problems. The
PCMCIA driver configuration scripts have to go through all sorts of
contortions to try to deduce a user's kernel configuration to get a
successful build. I don't mind if kernel configuration options cause
different sets of symbols to be exported... but can't tell you how
sick I am of the dreaded "the symbols from 2.0.30 do not match 2.0.30"
message.
-- Dave Hinds
dhinds@hyper.stanford.edu