On 9/29/09, Marco d'Itri <md@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sep 29, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > I do plan to submit a patch for /proc/modules support. >> What's the point in supporting that old kernels with new versions of >> tools? > Experience shows that people tend to actually use them. /proc/modules support is actually the easy bit. We just revive the old module_in_kernel(), rename the two functions to module_in_procfs() and module_in_sysfs(), and provide the obvious wrapper function. I don't see any real reason *not* to support old kernels. Not when we put so much effort into it already, to avoid forkbombing on the older kernel. Regards Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
