Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [RFC on MODULE SUPPORT] hello, Rusty, Should we provide module information even if the kernel module compiled built-in with bzImage? | Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:15:25 +1100 |
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On Wednesday 16 January 2008 22:58:09 Mathieu SEGAUD wrote: > your userspace program is somewhat broken > the userspace should not expect to find the version number in > /sys/module, as this is used by the Linux kernel module subsystem. You > should provide the required information in another way such as a > /proc/ file (bad) or a /sys file (better, but no module stuff, this > has no business with it).
Shh! He was going to implement a feature we want!
To be honest, I think his expectations of consistency are correct: if a version number makes sense, surely it makes sense for builtins as well.
Thanks, Rusty.
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