Messages in this thread | | | From | Paweł Sikora <> | Subject | Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. | Date | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:29:22 +0200 |
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On Thursday 25 of September 2008 04:48:40 Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:07:59PM +0200, Paweł Sikora wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > with out-of-tree kernel modules we (users and linux distributions) > > have a problem - with every frequent kernel release we need > > to rebuild them all due to vermagic and possible abi changes. > > this leads to lot of useless work (bumping rpm specs releases, > > preparing rpm packages and so on). > > "we" are working hard to remove any and all barriers for modules to be > out-of-tree. See the recent drivers/staging/ announcement, I can now > take pretty much any code that at least builds and works for someone, > and get it into the kernel tree where it can be properly cleaned up and > cared for over time before it moves to the "correct" location within the > kernel. > > What kernel modules do you currently use/rely on that are not in the > main kernel tree? Do you have links to them? I'd be glad to add them.
here's a quick list:
- http://www.lirc.org - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bluetooth-alsa - http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com - http://www.unav-micro.com/Drivers.aspx -> AR81Family-linux-v1.0.1.0.tar.gz (e.g. asus-p5q-pro m/b has such ethernet port, pciid=1969:1026) - http://aufs.sourceforge.net - http://linux-uvc.berlios.de - http://www.misdn.org - toshiba bluetooth module [http://0bits.com/toshbt/toshbt-1.0.tar.gz] - zaptel telephony driver [http://www.asterisk.org] with firmware [http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/firmware/releases] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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