Re: Stale modules (Re: panic in the morning)

[Richard Wackerbarth]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > Then, we could add an option
> > "make modules" and "make install_modules" so that they could be
> > built/installed with the kernel.
> >
> > After all, modules ARE a part of the kernel...
>
> Looks like *really* nice idea. This would allow to solve "stale modules"
> problem at minimal cost.

First we need to address the problem of "multiple kernels".
Linux does this by having the modules associated with a particular kernel
in a directory whose name is kernel dependent.

After that, I personally think that we should treat the "kernel" as if it is 
just another module in the set. Rather than building a kernel, you ALWAYS
build/rebuild/install the entire set. As long as the proper Makefiles are
controlling the build, it won't be "expensive" for make to examine each
module to verify that it is up-to-date.


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