Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:46:31 -0500 (EST) | From | linux-os <> | Subject | Re: insmod module-loading errors, Linux-2.6.9 |
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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:52:18 EST, linux-os said: > >> There are certainly work-arounds for problems that shouldn't >> exist at all. So, every time I do something to a kernel, I >> have to change whatever the EXTRAVERSION field is? Then, when >> a customer demands that the kernel version be exactly the >> same that was shipped with Fedora or whatever, I'm screwed. > > If you didn't have the foresight to keep that kernel version around, > there isn't much we can do to help you. Yes, this may mean you have > a big bunch of /usr/src/linux-2.6.* directories. >
Wrong. Whoever put the module-loading code INSIDE the kernel, for POLITICAL reasons, created a new POLICY.
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