Announce: modutils 2.4.13 is available

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Fri, 01 Feb 2002 14:14:45 +1100


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ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.4

modutils-2.4.13.tar.gz Source tarball, includes RPM spec file
modutils-2.4.13-1.src.rpm As above, in SRPM format
modutils-2.4.13-1.i386.rpm Compiled with gcc 2.96 20000731,
glibc 2.2.2.
modutils-2.4.13-1.ia64.rpm Compiled with gcc 2.96-ia64-20000731,
glibc-2.2.3.
patch-modutils-2.4.13.gz Patch from modutils 2.4.12 to 2.4.13.

No sparc binary yet, the build machine is down.

Changelog extract

* ppc64 changes by Alan Modra.
insmod/insmod.c (add_symbols_from): Add function descriptor syms for
ppc64.
(create_module_ksymtab): Tweak module base for ppc64.
obj/obj_ppc64.c (arch_new_file): Update comment.
(ppc64_process_syms): Look for kernel and module base addresses.
(arch_create_got): Accept more relocs.
(apply_addr16_lo, apply_addr16_lo_ds, apply_addr16_hi,
apply_addr16_ha, apply_toc16): New.
(apply_toc16_ds): Use apply_addr16_lo_ds.
(arch_apply_relocation): Perform more relocs.
* Add --quick to depmod (equivalent to -A).
* Clean up multiple man pages. Barry Rountree.
* Fix a relocation problem in insmod for IA64 IMM64 types.
Asit K Mallick.
* Make obj_gpl_license combined 32/64 bit aware. Tom Duffy and
Ben Collins (identical patches :)
* Build correctly with 32/64 and separate insmod/kallsyms.
Bill Nottingham.
* fdatasync() after writing to /var/log/ksymoops to improve the chance
of the log surviving an oops. Suggested by Urban Widmark.
* Do not abort if insmod option is longer than 2000 characters.
Reported by Gary Lerhaupt.
* Do not exit early on depmod problems, do as much work as possible.
Requested by Christian Lademann.

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