linux-os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Payasam Manohar wrote: > > I tried to insert a sample module into Fedora core 2 , But it is giving > > an error message that " no module in the object" > > The same module was inserted successfully into Redhat linux 9.
> > Is there any changes from RH 9 to Fedora Core 2 with respect to the module > > writing and insertion. > Yes. Fedora Core 2 should have the new module tools. It also has > a new kernel. These new kernels load a module called "module.ko" > instead of "module.o". Right up to here. > Inside the new module is some code used > to obfuscate the new module mechanism where 'insmod' and friends > has been moved inside the kernel, further bloating the kernel AFAIR, the resulting code in-kernel is even smaller than before, and diong it in-kernel is the only sane way to avoid all kinds of nasty races. > and, incidentally, making it necessary for modules to be > "politically correct", i.e., policy moved into the kernel. Is this FUD really necesary? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
