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 mxout2.netvision.net.il (mxout2.netvision.net.il [194.90.9.21]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68DE820EDA08 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 14:17:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from laptop.dan.net ([62.0.70.79]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built Sep 5 2001)) with ESMTP id <0GTY00859ITMIL@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Apr 2002 23:12:59 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 23:16:25 +0300 From: Dan Armak Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] How do I keep multiple versions of modules? In-reply-to: <1017775998.13423.17.camel@g2.ces.clemson.edu> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-id: <200204022316.25504.danarmak@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <1017772502.6035.60.camel@seahorse> <1017775998.13423.17.camel@g2.ces.clemson.edu> 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: 2261569e-1013-41d8-a8d2-bbb5f089d2af X-Archives-Hash: a16ea6710170f0862271469ee11f8d4f On Tuesday 02 April 2002 22:33, Grant Goodyear wrote: > > 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. I did, but put it off for post-1.0 :-) > > > Is this even possible with the poratge system? > > Not right now, although such functionality shouldn't be hard to add. One solution: where the modules have a separate ebuild (like nvidia-kernel, not like pcmcia-cs - but they can be split), set SLOT=KERNEL_VERSION and (once we have full slot functionality in Portage) remerging won't unmerge a different kernel version's modules. > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux developer (KDE) Matan, Israel