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Date:      Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:51:09 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Automatic kernel version module dependencies..
Message-ID:  <86sl02e736.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <200802081802.54313.jhb@freebsd.org> (John Baldwin's message of "Fri\, 8 Feb 2008 18\:02\:54 -0500")
References:  <200802081802.54313.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
> So one of the things that people run into periodically are problems
> with mismatched kernels and modules.  My understanding of our kernel
> module ABI compatibility is that if you build a module on in a X.Y
> build environment the module should work fine for all kernels with
> version X.Z where Z >=3D Y.

...provided they were built from the same config...  I think
MUTEX_PROFILING has been fixed, but there may still be cases where the
ABI changes dependening on kernel options.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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