> > Still, does the attached patch makes sense to apply to git GIT repo? > > It modifies elfops to support old and new format of the table name. > > I don't think so... even more because I don't agree with "there is > quite some userbase of module-init-tools out there" particularly > because all major distros in newer versions changed to kmod (and for > the majority of them this happened back in 2012).
True if you compare just number of users of libkmod against number of users of module-init-tools. However, in absolute terms this may still be huge number not using libkmod already. The main intention was to have this applied in order to avoid work for others -- and to get rich and famous. > So... you could either convince Jon Masters to apply your patch or > send the patch to the distro in question. That was the main intention of the initial email :). And (2): I *am* the distro ;). /Holger -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
