Ross Walker schrieb: > On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Rainer Traut <tr.ml at gmx.de> wrote: >> Question is, is it still safe to use this module with 5.4? >> Or should I switch back to a CentosPlus kmod and an older kernel? > > The module does KABI tracking through weak-modules, so if it wasn't > compatible, it wouldn't add a link to it on the new kernel and someone > would need to recompile it for the newer kernel. > > KABI tracking adds dependencies to kernel API by creating hashes of > the API prototypes and weak-modules compares those to the hashes of > the installed/installing kernel's API prototypes, if they match it > creates a link to the installed module under /lib/modules/<kver>/weak- > updates. > > These KABI tracking modules. compiled on different kernel versions, > stick around after the kernel has been uninstalled, so don't remove > old /lib/modules directories without first making sure a KABI module > isn't there. Thx Ross, this is the info I was looking for. Rainer