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Re: busybox insmod



On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:54:04PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > I'd love to.  There is one little problem.  Or rather, there are several
> > little problems, specifically, alpha, hppa, m68k, mips, ppc, and sparc.  
> > Busybox insmod requires a little bit of arch specific code for each
> > arch.  So far, only x86, arm, and sh are supported.   So if I turn it on,
> > I will get nasty emails from the autobuilders saying:
> >     #error Sorry, but insmod.c does not yet support this architecture...
> 
> is this arch-specific code we can "borrow" from some place?

modutils. I really hope no one tries to reproduce insmod in busy box.
The code for the 32bit/64bit support in one binary is hellish enough to
keep working in one modutils package, let alone trying to ensure it
works in busybox too.

How about just make modutils create a udeb?

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