necessary changes to 'linux' module

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Op vr 21-11-2003, om 15:26 schreef elaine:
...
> Solutions:
> 
> 1. remove the patch to Makefile which sets  EXTRAVERSION=-aggressive, and 
> record this information someplace else.
> 
> (while this makes it a shade harder to know which kernel a user is 
> running, I question whether our 'support' activities very often use/
> need this information)
> 
> 2. split the kernel module into 2 different versions, normal and agressive.
> 
> 3. rewrite the kernel module using private backup functions.
> 

I thought the patch only provided extra options. In that case I'd vote
for (1).

OTOH, if there is anything significant in the un-patched kernel that you
can't do with the patch set applied, (2) seems preferable. 

	Jasper