diff -urN linux-2.4.0t11p7/include/linux/module.h linux/include/linux/module.h
--- linux-2.4.0t11p7/include/linux/module.h	Sat Nov 18 12:14:43 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/module.h	Sat Nov 18 12:38:16 2000
@@ -190,19 +190,18 @@
 
 /* For documentation purposes only.  */
 
+#define __modinfo __attribute__((section(".modinfo")))
+
 #define MODULE_AUTHOR(name)						   \
-const char __module_author[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) = 	   \
-"author=" name
+const char __module_author[] __modinfo = "author=" name
 
 #define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(desc)					   \
-const char __module_description[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =   \
-"description=" desc
+const char __module_description[] __modinfo = "description=" desc
 
 /* Could potentially be used by kmod...  */
 
 #define MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(dev)					   \
-const char __module_device[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) = 	   \
-"device=" dev
+const char __module_device[] __modinfo = "device=" dev
 
 /* Used to verify parameters given to the module.  The TYPE arg should
    be a string in the following format:
@@ -219,13 +218,11 @@
 
 #define MODULE_PARM(var,type)			\
 const char __module_parm_##var[]		\
-__attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =		\
-"parm_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" type
+__modinfo = "parm_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" type
 
 #define MODULE_PARM_DESC(var,desc)		\
 const char __module_parm_desc_##var[]		\
-__attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =		\
-"parm_desc_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" desc
+__modinfo = "parm_desc_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" desc
 
 /*
  * MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE exports information about devices
@@ -263,11 +260,9 @@
 #define MOD_IN_USE		__MOD_IN_USE(THIS_MODULE)
 
 #include <linux/version.h>
-static const char __module_kernel_version[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =
-"kernel_version=" UTS_RELEASE;
+static const char __module_kernel_version[] __modinfo = "kernel_version=" UTS_RELEASE;
 #ifdef MODVERSIONS
-static const char __module_using_checksums[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =
-"using_checksums=1";
+static const char __module_using_checksums[] __modinfo = "using_checksums=1";
 #endif
 
 #else /* MODULE */