From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754865AbYIYG3z (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:29:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754672AbYIYG3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:29:36 -0400 Received: from mail.agmk.net ([91.192.224.71]:21495 "EHLO mail.agmk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754650AbYIYG3f (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:29:35 -0400 From: =?utf-8?q?Pawe=C5=82_Sikora?= To: Greg KH Subject: Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:29:22 +0200 User-Agent: PLD Linux KMail/1.9.10 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20080925024840.GA14575@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20080925024840.GA14575@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200809250829.22294.pluto@agmk.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 25 of September 2008 04:48:40 Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:07:59PM +0200, Paweł Sikora wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > with out-of-tree kernel modules we (users and linux distributions) > > have a problem - with every frequent kernel release we need > > to rebuild them all due to vermagic and possible abi changes. > > this leads to lot of useless work (bumping rpm specs releases, > > preparing rpm packages and so on). > > "we" are working hard to remove any and all barriers for modules to be > out-of-tree. See the recent drivers/staging/ announcement, I can now > take pretty much any code that at least builds and works for someone, > and get it into the kernel tree where it can be properly cleaned up and > cared for over time before it moves to the "correct" location within the > kernel. > > What kernel modules do you currently use/rely on that are not in the > main kernel tree? Do you have links to them? I'd be glad to add them. here's a quick list: - http://www.lirc.org - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bluetooth-alsa - http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com - http://www.unav-micro.com/Drivers.aspx -> AR81Family-linux-v1.0.1.0.tar.gz (e.g. asus-p5q-pro m/b has such ethernet port, pciid=1969:1026) - http://aufs.sourceforge.net - http://linux-uvc.berlios.de - http://www.misdn.org - toshiba bluetooth module [http://0bits.com/toshbt/toshbt-1.0.tar.gz] - zaptel telephony driver [http://www.asterisk.org] with firmware [http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/firmware/releases]