Re: 2.4 and 2.6 kernel module

[Fong Vang]

Found the answer by googling further.  It's been renamed to vermagic.

   strings reiserfs.ko|grep vermagic
   vermagic=2.6.9-11.EL 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4


On 8/16/05, Fong Vang <sudoyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In the 2.4 kernel, modules contain the "kernel_version" identification
> in the module itself.  This is an example from the 2.4.18 reiserfs
> kernel module:
> 
> kernel_version=2.4.18-27.7.xbigmem
> using_checksums=1
> description=ReiserFS journaled filesystem
> author=Hans Reiser <reiser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> license=GPL
> kernel_version=2.4.18-27.7.xbigmem
> using_checksums=1
> 
> 
> This ID doesn't seem to exist anymore in the 2.6 kernel.  How does a
> 2.6 kernel know if a module is compatible?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
>
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