Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:20:56 -0400 (EDT) | From | Tyson D Sawyer <> | Subject | Re: Modules |
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From: Rob Riggs <rriggs@tesser.com> > On 30-Sep-96 Anthony Plack wrote: > >Do we see the modules in Linux ever becoming a "seperate" entity so that > >they are not so kernel specific? > > Do yo mean version specific? Module versioning (CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) > overcomes this for the most part. I have a joystick module that > I compiled quite some time ago. Since I use module versioning, > that module loads easily in later kernels.
Why is CONFIG_MODVERSIONS defaulted to disabled? Why is it not the standard configuration? I have been using it since it was created and have never had any difficulty. In fact, it makes life much easier and I can think of no reason to not use it.
Ty
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