Arjan van de Ven wrote:
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 13:59 +0200, John Sigler wrote:
As far as I understand (which is not very far), if I define
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS,
just don't enable modversions.. it doesn't provide you any real safety
at all..... and it makes your build a LOT slower.
I'm confused. What is the consensus on MODVERSIONS around here?
How many people share your views?
I was under the impression MODVERSIONS was a good thing(TM).
If I don't enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, then I'll have to recompile my
out-of-tree modules every time I upgrade the kernel, even if I'm just
upgrading from 2.6.20.7 to 2.6.20.8, unless I force the insertion.
I also have a few binary modules. If I force the insertion, I won't know
they have become binary incompatible until they blow up later, or,
worse, lead to silent corruption.
Please correct any and all misconceptions.
Regards.
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