Ross Walker schrieb:
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Rainer Traut <tr.ml@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Question is, is it still safe to use this module with 5.4?
>> Or should I switch back to a CentosPlus kmod and an older kernel?
>
> The module does KABI tracking through weak-modules, so if it wasn't
> compatible, it wouldn't add a link to it on the new kernel and someone
> would need to recompile it for the newer kernel.
>
> KABI tracking adds dependencies to kernel API by creating hashes of
> the API prototypes and weak-modules compares those to the hashes of
> the installed/installing kernel's API prototypes, if they match it
> creates a link to the installed module under /lib/modules/<kver>/weak-
> updates.
>
> These KABI tracking modules. compiled on different kernel versions,
> stick around after the kernel has been uninstalled, so don't remove
> old /lib/modules directories without first making sure a KABI module
> isn't there.
Thx Ross, this is the info I was looking for.
Rainer
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