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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:14:05 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> Subject: Re: LOCALVERSION_AUTO considered harmful Hi! > > > > That's conditional BS. > > > > Turn off CONFIG_MODVERSIONS already. > > > > > > Yeah, I disabled it ages ago. Even then (before git, probably even > > > before bitkeeper) > > > I had hard times inserting modules... > > > > I _had_ it off > > > > # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set > > > > It seems some checking survives CONFIG_MODVERSIONS unset and that > > checking is strict enough to refuse module load after one "make > > modules" with LOCALVERSION_AUTO on... > > So instead of fixing the CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=n case you go the easy way > of killing LOCALVERSION_AUTO ? Brilliant. In previous discussion, I was told that there's no bug to fix, that everything works as intended. I believe current behaiour is stupid, and I'd prefer *some* fix. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.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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