perhaps i've just overlooked it but is there an easy way to see the
current kernel's calculated "vermagic" string, as defined in the
header file include/linux/vermagic.h thusly?
... snip ...
#define VERMAGIC_STRING \
UTS_RELEASE " " \
MODULE_VERMAGIC_SMP MODULE_VERMAGIC_PREEMPT \
MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODULE_UNLOAD MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODVERSIONS \
MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC
i'm just interested in examining the vermagic string you can see for
any loadable module, as in:
$ modinfo vfat
filename: /lib/modules/3.6.0-oct8+/kernel/fs/fat/vfat.ko
author: Gordon Chaffee
description: VFAT filesystem support
license: GPL
srcversion: 68B6C644F1532E86ADCB2CB
depends: fat
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.6.0-oct8+ SMP mod_unload modversions
and following the load logic in kernel/module.c to see what happens at
each step of a module load, and that (obviously) involves some
comparisons. thanks.
rday
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