Messages in this thread | | | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] restore modules compatibility | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2003 01:15:08 +0100 |
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Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> The patch below does two things: > 1. The new param stuff suffers from serious bloat, I replaced it with a > much simpler implementation. The interesting feature here is that even > without changing any module all parameters are reachable from the command > line via "<modname>.<param>=..." > 2. I added the old module system calls back and modules are now installed > with the ".o" suffix again, so the old modutils are working again. Special > feature here is that the same module should be loadable with either module > tools. > > The patch is against 2.5.59-um, if you don't have Jeffs patch just ignore > the single reject.
It doesn't apply cleanly to 2.5.59, nor does it apply to 2.5.59-um:
patching file Makefile patching file arch/i386/kernel/entry.S Hunk #1 FAILED at 669. 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file arch/i386/kernel/entry.S.rej patching file arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c patching file fs/proc/proc_misc.c patching file include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h can't find file to patch at input line 132 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -ur -X /home/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.59.org/include/asm-um/common.lds.S linux-2.5.59/include/asm-um/common.lds.S |--- linux-2.5.59.org/include/asm-um/common.lds.S 2003-01-21 16:55:00.000000000 +0100 |+++ linux-2.5.59/include/asm-um/common.lds.S 2003-01-20 21:19:40.000000000 +0100 -------------------------- File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored patching file include/linux/module.h patching file include/linux/moduleparam.h patching file kernel/module.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 68. Hunk #8 FAILED at 550. Hunk #18 FAILED at 1246. 3 out of 20 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file kernel/module.c.rej patching file kernel/params.c Hunk #2 FAILED at 28. 1 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file kernel/params.c.rej patching file scripts/Makefile.modinst patching file modules.lds
entry.S(672): missing space at end of line module.c(84): missing space at end of line ...
Although, "patch -l" applies without failures.
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