Re: [RFC] External kernel modules

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 07:01:21AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> I propose the attached patch: It adds symbol version dump/load
> functionality to modpost: When compiling the kernel, the module versions
> are dumped to a file. When compiling external modules, the dumped
> symbols are first loaded. Also, to allow a read-only kernel source tree
> and not interfere with the kernel sources, the .tmp_versions/ directory
> is placed in the external module's directory.
> 
> Furthermore, the patch adds clean/distclean/mrproper make targets with
> reasonable semantics for external modules, and also adds a modules_add
> target that installs the external modules into
> /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE). (The modules_install target could be
> used, but it has different semantics, so I have used a different name
> instead.)

Thanks, I will take a closer look during the week.
Did you consider using the make O=dir support, so .tmp_versions were
created in the output directory?

	Sam