Re: [RFC on MODULE SUPPORT] hello, Rusty, Should we provide module information even if the kernel module compiled built-in with bzImage?

[Rusty Russell]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 22:58:09 Mathieu SEGAUD wrote:
> your userspace program is somewhat broken
> the userspace should not expect to find the version number in
> /sys/module, as this is used by the Linux kernel module subsystem. You
> should provide the required information in another way such as a
> /proc/ file (bad) or a /sys file (better, but no module stuff, this
> has no business with it).

Shh!  He was going to implement a feature we want!

To be honest, I think his expectations of consistency are correct: if a 
version number makes sense, surely it makes sense for builtins as well.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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