From: "Mathew, Tisson K" <tisson.k.mathew@intel.com>
To: "'root@chaos.analogic.com'" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: Inserting modules w/o version check
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:00:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <794826DE8867D411BAB8009027AE9EB911C10AE8@FMSMSX38> (raw)
Thanks Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard B. Johnson [mailto:root@chaos.analogic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:48 AM
To: Mathew, Tisson K
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inserting modules w/o version check
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Mathew, Tisson K wrote:
> All ,
>
> Can we enforce no version check for modules when they are inserted (
> insmod
insmod -f module.o
|_______________ force loading
> ) ? If yes , can this be implemented in the module itself ?
>
No. `insmod` wouldn't load it so the module doesn't get a chance to "check"
anything.
> Thanks in advance
Also, note that `struct file_operations` has different member- locations for
different kernel versions. Even if the module loaded, you might end up with
'read' being 'seek', etc. Bad idea.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
Windows-2000/Professional isn't.
next reply other threads:[~2002-04-09 17:00 UTC|newest]
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2002-04-09 17:00 Mathew, Tisson K [this message]
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2002-04-09 16:37 Mathew, Tisson K
2002-04-09 16:48 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-04-09 17:01 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-10 6:53 ` Keith Owens
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