ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3 patch-modutils-2.3.22.gz Patch from modutils 2.3.21 to 2.3.22 modutils-2.3.22.tar.gz Source tarball, includes RPM spec file modutils-2.3.22-1.src.rpm As above, in SRPM format modutils-2.3.22-1.i386.rpm Compiled with egcs-2.91.66, glibc 2.1.2 modutils-2.3.22-1.sparc.rpm Compiled for combined sparc 32/64 patch-2.4.0-test12-pre7.gz Adds persistent data and generic string support to kernel 2.4.0-test12-pre7. Changelog extract * POSIXification/newlib changes. Werner Almesberger. * modprobe -C did not print probe/probeall. Wolfgang Oertl. * options statement was confused by /dev/snd and snd. Wolfgang Oertl. * Report failing module in a dependency list. Original patch by Pavel Roskin, reworked by Keith Owens. * IA64 unwind fix. Richard Henderson via Redhat. * modprobe -c used incorrect keywords for generated filenames. Reported by Gabor Z. Papp. * char-major-10-184 microcode. Tigran Aivazian. * Reinstate sys_oim.c in util/Makefile.in. * Add support for persistent module data. * Correct test for unexpected REL/RELA sections. Maciej W. Rozycki. * Limit stack recursion in modprobe. Kurt Garloff. * Support MODULE_GENERIC_STRING. Jaroslav Kysela. Support for persistent module data is the main change. If persistdir is set or defaulted in modules.conf _and_ insmod is run with option -e then insmod will read persistent data from a file when the module is loaded and rmmod will write persistent data to that file when the module is unloaded. man modules.conf, man insmod for details. Notes: (1) Persistent data is not on by default, you must run insmod with -e to support persistent data. If you are loading modules via modprobe and you want persistent data for all modules then you need insmod_opt -e "" in /etc/modules.conf. (2) Current kernels do not support persistent data nor generic strings. You must apply patch-2.4.0-test12-pre7 to get kernel support for these features. (3) No modules currently have persistent data. Module writers who want data to be persistent must make a one character change to their modules, read the above patch. Even then, the user must activate the persistent data, see note (1). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
