On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:54:35AM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:37:00AM +0200, Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> > An LKM will fail to load if the kernel version doesn't match so we can
> > expect admins to think twice before they use `modload -f'.
> 
> But when pulled up to the stable branches, the kernel version will match.

OTOH, the kernel version will be bumped even for a patch release (3.x.y).
So the question really is: should "modload -f" be supported between patch
releases, or not?  And between stable (3.x) releases?

	Geert