Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: modutils check for SMP | | Date | Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:23:50 +0100 (BST) | | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> SMP is the major reason for module incompatibility. > > There is CONFIG_MODVERSIONS which should prevent any module incompatibiliti= > es.
It does
> However, I don't use it, because it caused seom headache some time ago > (Modules not loading any more after reconfiguring and recompiling the > kernel.) I believe only few people use it.
So basically you are saying "It exists, but I dont want to use it, however I'd like to whine anyway".
Modversions is designed to catch all potential compatiblity cases across kernel rebuilds, not just SMP. If you reconfigure/recompile and structs change size it will do its job.
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