modutils-2.3.6 is available

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:29:49 +1000


ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/patch-modutils-2.3.6.gz (2Kb, preferred)
ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils-2.3.6.tar.gz (170Kb)

* modprobe -a bug fixes by Yuuki Harano <masm@sa.uno.ne.jp>.
* Add EXTRA_DEFS to Makefiles for distributions.
* Add test for NO_WARN_ON_OLD_LINK for distributions that do not want
warnings in 2.3.x.
* ARM patch from Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>.
* Remove malloc overwrite when modules do not reference __this_module.

That last one is important for recent 2.3 kernels. It is a long
standing bug in modutils but it only trips on modules that do not use
MOD_INC_USE_COUNT, MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT or MOD_IN_USE. ALSA and kernel
pcmcia both hit this bug, causing random problems when loading modules.

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