Subject: Re: aout LKMs and ELF Kernels
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Ryan M. Hurst <ryan.hurst@home.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/25/2000 16:51:42
Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Thu, 25 May 2000, Ryan M. Hurst wrote:
>
> : > Is the lkm for 1.4.x ? If so you may have other issues than the binary format
> : > to load it (internal kernel structs may have changed, etc ...).
>
> : Hi Manual, they say it is for 1.4.2, do you know if the changes were in at that
> : point?
>
> 1.4.2 LKMs will not work with -current.  NetBSD-current is a lot closer to
> the as yet unreleased 1.5 then 1.4.anything, and the kernels are not binary
> compatible in any way.
>
> --
> -- Todd Vierling (tv@pobox.com)

Ah well it was worth a try, the OSS folks probably won't look to supporting the new
changes until an official release. Is there a planed release date for the 1.5
binaries?

Ryan