From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: "Svein E. Seldal" <Svein.Seldal@edcom.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Custom kernel version and depmod
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 09:47:56 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21093.1022024876@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 May 2002 01:30:36 +0200." <KKEHJJLHENOALGODMOGLAECICBAA.Svein.Seldal@edcom.no>
On Wed, 22 May 2002 01:30:36 +0200,
"Svein E. Seldal" <Svein.Seldal@edcom.no> wrote:
>Anyway, my question was focused on depmod and kernel module version system
>and not the driver itself.
depmod/insmod require a kernel version number. If you ship a binary
compiled against 2.4.x and the user wants to install it with kernel
2.4.y they can force the load with insmod -f. Don't be surprised if
the kernel then blows up. Bug reports from forced module loads will be
ignored.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-21 23:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-21 14:23 Svein E. Seldal
2002-05-21 18:05 ` Greg KH
2002-05-21 23:30 ` Svein E. Seldal
2002-05-21 23:38 ` Greg KH
2002-05-21 23:47 ` Keith Owens [this message]
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