[ANNOUNCE] kmod 21

From: Lucas De Marchi
Date: Tue Jun 09 2015 - 01:49:53 EST


kmod 21 is out:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-21.tar.xz
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-21.tar.sign

Small release with just 3 changes worth mentioning. From the NEWS file:

- New features:
- kmod tool started to learn the "insert" and "remove" commands that
are the simplified versions of the older modprobe tool. These
commands are still work in progress so they are hidden behind a
--enable-experimental flag during build. It should not be enabled
unless you know what you're doing.
- kmod tool now prints the relevant configuration options it was built
with when the "--version" argument is passed. This helps to mitigate
problems for example when the user is trying to load a compressed
module but kmod was built without support for the compression method.

- Improvements to testsuite:
- Cache built modules so it is easier to run "make check" on build
servers by distro maintainers. If kmod is configured with
--disable-test-modules the modules from cache will be used by
"make check". No changes to the tests are needed and all of them
can run fine.

Shortlog:

Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx> (12):
build: use dolt
build: sync dolt with upstream
util: use UINT64_MAX
build: cache modules from playground
tools: Hide new commands behind experimental flag
tools: add PACKAGE definition in message
build: add function to build string of features
build: add relevant features to KMOD_FEATURES in config.h
tools: display features in --version
build: silence stderr on coverity rules
build: add cache to distributed files
kmod 21

Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <caio.oliveira@xxxxxxxxx> (3):
testsuite: remove .gitignore files when populating rootfs
testsuite: update README
tools: add basic versions of insert and remove

Santiago Vila <sanvila@xxxxxxx> (2):
Fix spurious spaces in lsmod output
kmod: fix small typo in rmmod(8)

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Lucas De Marchi
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