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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Skip Ford <skip.ford@verizon.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: module-init-tools breaks kallsyms
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:51:19 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021114170651.9F6732C2E0@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:35:53 CDT." <200211141035.gAEAZt2t017446@pool-151-204-203-202.delv.east.verizon.net>

In message <200211141035.gAEAZt2t017446@pool-151-204-203-202.delv.east.verizon.
net> you write:
> Install of module-init-tools moves the old tools to *.old but it doesn't
> address kallsyms.  In the case of kallsyms being a link to insmod, it
> breaks.  Since the new insmod is supposed to call insmod.old when
> appropriate, I'm not sure why it breaks.  But it doesn't work here.

symlink, and yes you're right.  Which is a PITA.  The patch floating
around which moves the module-init-tools inside the modutils source
fixes this plainly, once and for all (you just install the "new"
modutils).

I still haven't slept.  But after I do, I'll fix this, I promise.

Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-14 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-14 10:35 module-init-tools breaks kallsyms Skip Ford
2002-11-14 17:51 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-11-15  2:50 SL Baur

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