On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:05:59 -0500, Timur Tabi <timur.tabi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a driver that is built outside of the kernel tree. Our code
> handles different versions of the kernel (2.4 and 2.6), and recently we
> came across a kernel that needs to have MODVERSIONS enabled.
> So, I added these lines to my makefile:
> include ${LINUX}/.config
> ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
> CFLAGS += -DMODVERSIONS -include $(LINUX)/include/linux/modversions.h
> endif
Any particular reason not to do the include in the driver source file?
> Although this fixes the problem with the new kernel, it breaks with the
> Red Hat 9.0 kernel.
> When I look at my .config file, I see "CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y". Why is
> that my driver compiles when I don't include modversions.h? Shouldn't
> it have been broken all along?
I would have expected it to have not worked previously - is there
anything else you can add about how you built it last time on a RH9.0
kernel?
Jon.
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