On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:55, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> was probably me, and that has been fixed (I bugziller'd it)  Kernel
> builds should always install modules into new directories, but there
> have been a couple of instances where in the rush to get a bugfix out,
> they didnt increment the version correctly.  Check the version and
> extraversion parameters in the kernel Makefile if you are paranoid ...
> 
> BillK
> 
Ah, so it's in the Makefile and not the .config file. No wonder I didn't
find it.

I am a bit troubled by this idea that the modules are supposed to go
into separate directories. The idea is great, but it doesn't explain why
I cannot seem to keep multiple working versions of Alsa on my system.
Here's what I see - why doesn't Alsa always work?

1) I build a kernel, like 2.4.20-r1, and I build Alsa, and everything
works. Presumably Alsa is in a directory 2.4.20-r1. I have directories
named like that in /lib/modules.

2) I build a new kernel, like 2.4.20-r5, and I build Alsa again. Alsa
works and is presumably in a directory named 2.4.20-r5.

3) I decide to reboot into 2.4.20-r1 and what I find is that Alsa no
longer works.

Why? If the directories are both there, why doesn't Alsa still work for
both? Maybe I'm doing something wrong somewhere that I need to learn
about.

Thanks!
Mark


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