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Re: [PATCH 1/3] modinfo: remove invalid option -f

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From: JÃrg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] modinfo: remove invalid option -f
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:56:41 +0000 (UTC)
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Hi Andrey,

Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27 ÑÐÐÐÑÑ 2009 00:10:46 JÃrg Sommer wrote:
>> Current versions of modinfo do not support this option:
>>
>> % modinfo -f
>> modinfo: invalid option -- f
>> % modinfo --version
>> module-init-tools version 3.4
>
> Any chance there are still users of old modutils with kernel 2.4?

Yes, this probabillity will never be zero. I know if users of 2.0 kernel.

> How hard would it be to support both?

w.r.t. this option simply not remove the line. But the question is, if
you really want to support every version that was ever there. I wouldn't
do this.

Bye, JÃrg.
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References:
- [PATCH 1/3] modinfo: remove invalid option -f
  - From: JÃrg Sommer
- Re: [PATCH 1/3] modinfo: remove invalid option -f
  - From: Andrey Borzenkov

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