Hi all,
Since I haven't heard any feedback, I'm assuming this
patch is acceptable. The current Documentation/Changes points
to the wrong toolset for module support, here's a small patch
to fix that.
Linus, please apply.
-- DN
Daniel
--- Documentation/Changes.orig Thu Dec 26 16:29:34 2002
+++ Documentation/Changes Thu Dec 26 16:29:38 2002
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
o Gnu make 3.78 # make --version
o binutils 2.9.5.0.25 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
-o modutils 2.4.2 # insmod -V
+o module-init-tools 0.9 # insmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs
o jfsutils 1.0.14 # fsck.jfs -V
o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
@@ -141,14 +141,11 @@
version of ksymoops to decode the report; see REPORTING-BUGS in the
root of the Linux source for more information.
-Modutils
+Module-Init-Tools
--------
-Upgrade to recent modutils to fix various outstanding bugs which are
-seen more frequently under 2.4.x, and to enable auto-loading of USB
-modules. In addition, the layout of modules under
-/lib/modules/`uname -r`/ has been made more sane. This change also
-requires that you upgrade to a recent modutils.
+A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools
+to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
Mkinitrd
--------
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@
Modutils
--------
-o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.4/>
+o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/people/rusty/modules/>
Mkinitrd
--------
-
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