Bug#337614: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS should not be used in distro kernels
#include <hallo.h>
* Bastian Blank [Sat, Nov 05 2005, 12:22:46PM]:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:33:53AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> > please consider not using CONFIG_MODVERSIONS in future. Reason: it makes
> > installation of alternative modules with the same names hard till
> > unpossible. Current example: ipw2200, which is contained in 2.6.14 in a
> > very old version. I cannot load the new version because lots of errors
> > about conflicting versions are detected (in dependent ieee82... modules
> > which I have built as well).
>
> Err, _why_ do you get different symbol versions? They are supposed to be
> stable.
How should I know? I have even removed all the kernel equivalents and
kept only custom versions of ieee8* and ipw22* modules, did rmmod and
"depmod -a", and still got:
Nov 5 10:26:14 debian kernel: ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit)
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.1.6
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
Nov 5 10:26:24 debian kernel: ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
Eduard.
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