linux-kernel - Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional

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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 08:35:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional


On Monday 2008-05-05 06:55, Rusty Russell wrote:
>Linus's recent commit said:
>
>   I don't think relying on modversions is the complete answer here.  Perhaps 
>we should make modules_install blow away old modules?

By default, modules_install already removes a great part of
/lib/modules/$(the version you just compiled) AFAIR before installing 
the new ones.
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