lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1997]   [Dec]   [20]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Module versioning (was: Re: OFFTOPIC: binary modules, bad idea!)
> The major problem with module versionning is not that much related to the
> technology (ELF trickery or preprocessor solution with .ver file). The
> problem is that genksyms does not know where to stop. This is a kernel
> header issue. Let me explain with an example.

Is *this* the real issue? I would imagine that the scenario presented
rarely happens; i.e. if you change a structure, you do break the modules
that call functions expecting pointers to these structures.

It would be interesting to analyze what symbol versions changed during
the life of Linux 2.0, and what modules are affected by those.

If there are some functions that frequently break even though the
parameters are meant to be opaque, then the parameters should be
changed to actually be opaque (say, void* or the like).

Regards,
Martin

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:40    [W:0.161 / U:0.116 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site