From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: modutils 2.4.2, please test asap
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:25:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-98022049831101@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-98018911111962@msgid-missing>
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:52:13 -0800,
David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Yes. Though given what you say below, I wonderif a better fix would
>be to never create "modules.usbmap" if there are 2.2 style /lib/modules/
>directories. (That is, make the backwards compatibility mode cover
>all the features that changed.)
Not reliable enough. Some installers still create 2.2 style libraries
even on 2.4. Modutils handles both styles, giving preference to
modules stored in the 2.4 style, but it reads all modules under
/lib/modules/<version>.
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-22 18:24 modutils 2.4.2, please test asap Keith Owens
2001-01-22 19:28 ` Keith Owens
2001-01-22 19:37 ` Miles Lane
2001-01-22 19:58 ` Stephen J. Gowdy
2001-01-22 20:05 ` Miles Lane
2001-01-22 20:16 ` Johannes Erdfelt
2001-01-22 20:30 ` David Brownell
2001-01-22 21:40 ` Keith Owens
2001-01-22 22:29 ` Johannes Erdfelt
2001-01-22 22:51 ` Keith Owens
2001-01-22 23:09 ` Greg KH
2001-01-22 23:21 ` David Brownell
2001-01-22 23:38 ` Miles Lane
2001-01-22 23:42 ` Keith Owens
2001-01-23 2:52 ` David Brownell
2001-01-23 3:25 ` Keith Owens [this message]
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