[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] installer: update kernel symbol versions

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Yosef Etigin <yosefe at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] installer: update kernel symbol versions
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>1. Taking another Module.symvers, and even knowing that this is what causes the 
> >>   module loading errors, is not as straightforward as finding the headers.
> > 
> > 
> > It isn't? Why isn't it?
> > As I see it, this is a problem that needs to be solved once
> > when external module is packaged.
> > 
> 
> OK, but this solution should be part of OFED, and available for all kernels.
> From what 
> I have tested (and correct me if i'm wrong) on older kernels one must edit the original
> .symvers anyway to get the right versions.
>
> So why shouldn't the installation do that?

Because, these are part of another package, touching them is wrong.
External modules will have to solve it in some other way.  It should be possible
- it's all just scripts, for the most part.  For example, for all I care, build
script for external module can catenate ofed and kernel symvers, build and then
split them back. Already better than OFED doing permanent changes.

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