Correct me if I'm wrong, but a "versioned" kernel
is a kernel where the symbols have been checksummed
to allow loading of modules of different. For example,
this kernel is "versioned":
kleptog//>grep printk /proc/ksyms
c01113a8 printk_Rdd132261
kleptog//>grep CONFIG_MOD /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
I have modutils-2.1.121 and it won't allow loading
of modules from a different kernel version without
at least a warning, but I thought it was supposed to
be safe.
Anyway, insmod detects a "versioned" kernel by looking
for a symbol "Using_Versions", defined in kernel/ksyms.c.
The symbol is not in /proc/ksyms, /System.map nor anywhere
else in the source tree. insmod can't find it either.
The thing is, that peice of code NEVER gets included usefully
anywhere. If __GENKSYMS__ is not defined, it is ifdef-fed
out. If __GENKSYMS__ is defined, it's not in a format
that genksyms seems to recognize. So either the code is redundent
or it is a bug. 2.0.36 does it properly.
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Also, make dep seems to recurse through _all_ subdirectories,
including ones I never use (like drivers/macintosh).
ie: One goes through $(ALL_SUB_DIRS), the other through
$(SUB_DIRS). Maybe it should recurse through
$(sort $(SUB_DIRS) $(MOD_SUB_DIRS) $(MOD_IN_SUB_DIRS))
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It is my understanding devfs will make it into the kernel
sooner of later... is this true?
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Other than that, 2.2.0 has worked 100% perfectly...
Martijn van Oosterhout
Australia
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