Re: module-init-tools breaks kallsyms

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:51:19 +1100

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.

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