Re: /proc/config idea

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:27:26 +0100 (BST)


> a module for 2.4.3 will work for any 2.4.3 kernel that supports modules
> at all (except for the SMP vs UP issue) so it's not the same thing as
> trying to figure out which if the 2.4.3 kernels matches what you are
> running.

Nope. The 2.4 kernel ABI depends upon a mixture of config options including the
cpu type, as well as the compiler version being used. The API is intended to
be constant throughout 2.4 (but isnt yet totally solid due to bug fixing
activity). We don't care about the ABI because we are source code based

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