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From: andersg@0x63.nu
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Cc: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:23:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011109232343.B32090@h55p111.delphi.afb.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011108204210.A514@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> <7712.1005284040@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>
In-Reply-To: <7712.1005284040@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:34:00PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> It is not a modutils problem, it is a fixed restriction on the size of
> the uname() fields, modutils just uses what uname -r gives it.

this patch would catch it at compiletime, wouldn't it?

-- 

//anders/g

--- Makefile.orig	Fri Nov  9 23:17:36 2001
+++ Makefile	Fri Nov  9 23:18:25 2001
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 	@mv -f .ver $@
 
 init/version.o: init/version.c include/linux/compile.h include/config/MARKER
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) -DUTS_MACHINE='"$(ARCH)"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Werror $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) -DUTS_MACHINE='"$(ARCH)"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
 
 init/main.o: init/main.c include/config/MARKER
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(PROFILING) -c -o $*.o $<

  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-09 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-09  4:42 Mike Fedyk
2001-11-09  5:23 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-11-09  5:34 ` Keith Owens
2001-11-09 22:23   ` andersg [this message]
2001-11-10  4:29     ` Keith Owens
2001-11-14 22:04       ` Thomas Dodd
2001-11-14 22:25         ` Keith Owens
2001-11-09  5:40 ` Robert Love

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