RE: [gentoo-user] Building the kernel

[Jeffrey Smelser]

So the rule book says.. 

But if its a minor kernel change, your taking a chance that the module your using 
isn't using something thats changed.. SO its just safer.. I have used modules from 
different versions and they have worked, but its hit or miss at best and shouldn't 
really be done. (I did it by mistake)

 Hello,
 
 Please tell me if the following statement is correct:
 
 Because modules call  internal functions of the kernel as fixed
 addresses, when the kernel  is changed (even a small change) 
 all modules
 must be rebuilt.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Building the kernel

[Spider]

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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:19:06 +0200 (IST)
Scharf Yuval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello,
 
 Please tell me if the following statement is correct:
 
 Because modules call  internal functions of the kernel as fixed
 addresses, when the kernel  is changed (even a small change) all
 modules
 must be rebuilt.


It is.
 There are some ugly hacks called kernel versioningg and so on that may
allow you to use another kernel's modules, but it isn't that reliable.

//Spider

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