Kernel 2.6 options that should be used on Fedora Core 2
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Fri Dec 19 14:25:29 UTC 2003
On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 09:41, =?iso-8859-1?B?QW5kcukgT3JpYW5p ?= wrote:
> Let me be more specific
>
>
> Module versioning support (EXPERIMENTAL) (MODVERSIONS)
>
> Usually, you have to use modules compiled with your kernel.
> Saying Y here makes it sometimes possible to use modules
> compiled for different kernels, by adding enough information
> to the modules to (hopefully) spot any changes which would
> make them incompatible with the kernel you are running. If
> unsure, say N.
We already enable MODVERSIONS. I think you've completely
misinterpreted what it does however. It munges the symbol table
so binary modules relying upon symbols being a certain value
will not load (and for good reason) if they are different.
Dave
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