From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from g2.ces.clemson.edu (goodyea-pc1.ces.clemson.edu [130.127.222.79]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A27F20AB406 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:27:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by g2.ces.clemson.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA28B162657; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 14:33:18 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] How do I keep multiple versions of modules? From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1017772502.6035.60.camel@seahorse> References: <1017772502.6035.60.camel@seahorse> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 02 Apr 2002 14:33:18 -0500 Message-Id: <1017775998.13423.17.camel@g2.ces.clemson.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 30a3e645-4582-40e0-9256-d78ca95d0d0d X-Archives-Hash: fdd54077dbce0ae490eb689cd3b69094 > Kernel modules should be special and if you rebuild a module, it should > remove the module only for the currently running kernel hierarchy and > not from a different kernel version. True. I suspect that nobody had thought of it yet. > Is this even possible with the poratge system? Not right now, although such functionality shouldn't be hard to add. > I wasn't sure where I should post this, so I crossposted to user and > dev. Please post your comment as a "bug" on bugs.gentoo.org. You have a good point, and it would be a shame for it to get lost. Thanks, g2boojum