On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 08:03:18AM +0100, Jurzitza, Dieter wrote: > Dear listmembers, > after a longer absence from upgrading I decided to test openSUSE 10.2 after > it had had been released. Performing the latest kernel update an IMHO unlucky > modification in the name distribution popped up that I would like to discuss. > > The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34 is remaining after kernel update to > 2.6.18.8 and a part of the modules are linked into a corresponding path > within 2.6.18.8 from there. > > IMHO this is a very ugly way to do things. If there are modules that are > *not* kernel specific the corresponding directory should be called different.
These modules _are_ specific to the ABI of the kernel installed but since the parts of the ABI these modules use did not change they can _also_ be used with the new version of the kernel. > Why keep a reference to a kernel that is actually no reference to this > specific kernel? IMHO this > directory should be named in such a way that it is easy to understand that > the modules contained within it are to a certain degree version independent, > such as > > /lib/modules/2.6.18-persistent No, this does not work since there is no guaranty that the module works with _any_ version of a 2.6.18 based kernel. > or whatsoever. Keeping the old name is a poor and irritating choice. Feel free to suggest a better scheme but only suggest a scheme that actually does _work_. Robert -- Robert Schiele Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
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