On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:23:44AM +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 11:16:33 Stefan Dirsch wrote:
kABI not API. We're talking about KMPs here.
I realize that, but as long as the kernel's API for the module hasn't changed, it isn't so important if the ABI changes. You can still work out all the build problems, and then when the final ABI is in place you just trigger a rebuild, which for a KMP shouldn't take more than a few minutes
Of course it's important if the kABI changes. If the kABI for which the KMP has been built no longer matches the kABI of the installed/updated kernel the module of the KMP simply cannot be loaded. We do not rebuild KMPs on the user's machines when kABI has changed. That's not how KMPs work. Instead for using KMPs kABI *must not* change. Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org