linux-kernel - Re: LOCALVERSION_AUTO considered harmful

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Message-ID: <20100412131405.GB22773@ucw.cz>
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.

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