| Name : kernel-syms
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| Version : 2.6.18.8
| Vendor : SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
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| Release : 0.9
| Date : 2008-02-11 03:50:12
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| Group : Development/Sources
| Source RPM : kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.9.src.rpm
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| Size : 5.25 MB
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| Packager : http://bugs_opensuse_org
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| Summary : Kernel Symbol Versions (modversions)
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Description :
Kernel symbols, such as functions and variables, have version
information attached to them. This package contains the symbol versions
for the standard kernels.
Installing this package before compiling kernel modules outside of the
kernel source tree adds symbol version information to these modules.
Modules without symbol version information can only be loaded on the
exact kernel version for which they were compiled. Modules with symbol
version information can be loaded into more recent kernels as long as
none of the symbols exported by the kernel have changed. This provides
a reasonable level of confidence but does not guarantee that the module
will work.
Authors:
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Linus Torvalds < torvaldsAATTtransmeta.com>
see /usr/src/linux/CREDITS for more details.
Source Timestamp: 2008/02/10 22:48:05 UTC
CVS Branch: SL102_BRANCH
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