3.3 Version: o lsmod: modprobe: Comment fixes (thanks Satoru Takeuchi) o modprobe: don't mangle - in wildcards within [ ] (patch from Sam Morris) 3.2.2 Version: o depmod: Try to generate correct input tables for 2.6.14 and above (thanks to report from Scott James Remnant) 3.2.1 Version: o depmod: macio device support (patch from Jeff Mahoney) 3.2 Version: o depmod: serio support (patch from Dmitry Torokhov) o modprobe: Fix load by symbol (thanks to Nathan Lutchansky) o modinfo: Handle parmtype: for 2.6.11 o depmod: handle other endian (already handle 64 & 32 bit) o modprobe, rmmod, depmod: check for OOM (patch from Andreas Gruenbacher) o depmod: don't skip first argument for explicit files (patch from Andrew Snare) o depmod: handle relative paths in explicit files o modprobe: load all matching aliases (idea from Dominik Brodowski) o modprobe: new blacklist keyword (patch from Erik van Konijnenburg) o CODING: new document describing testsuite o Makefile: include testsuite inside all source releases o modprobe: slow down modprobe with gratuitous stat for Reiser4 braindamage (Reported by Gentoo) o Makefile.am: Use @mandir@, unless it's just prefix/mandir (discussion with Jeremy C. Reed) o Added $CMDLINE_OPTS substitution to install commands. o depmod: don't explode on invalid modules (patch from Bill Nottingham) o modprobe: unlock fd when module already in kernel (either a race, or a rename) (patch from Oliver Blin, reworked) o modprobe.conf.sgml: docbook2man uses last refentrytitle for output file (fixes endusers needing docbook utils for build) o modprobe: fix gcc-2.95 compilation by declaring va_list at top of warn() (thanks Rafiq Ismail) o modprobe: doco fix: -a takes module names, not wildcards. o depmod, modprobe: gcc 4 signedness warning fixes (thanks to Marco d'Itri) o modprobe: lock before seeing if module in kernel (might be doing init now!) o testsuite: use --log-fd (valgrind 3) not --logfile-fd. o modprobe: spin to avoid parallel load attempts when lock failed. Fixes "unknown symbols for ehci_hcd" bug with parallel udev on ro root. (Patch from Pozsar Balazs) 3.1 Version: o modprobe, rmmod: Fix format string (thanks to Sergey Vlasov) o modinfo: support -n, and by default display filename. o modprobe: allow -o with -r to remove renamed modules with deps correct. o modprobe: fall back to /etc/modprobe.d if fail on /etc/modprobe.conf. o modprobe: allow config files to be directories, and recurse. o modprobe: Fix quoting of cmdline options. o insmod: remove quote handling, since we didn't do it right. o depmod: ignore symbols (eg. PCI ids) in BSS (patch from Marc Boucher). o depmod: exit after -h. o modprobe: file locking on modules to avoid spurious errors if they race (report from Marc Boucher) o modprobe: Fall back to read-only (no locking) if rw open on module fails o depmod: updates/ dir overrides (for RH, thanks to Thomas Vander Stichele) o depmod: don't follow symlinks, broken in updates/ rework (thanks to Marco d'Itri) o Bashisms removed (thanks to David Weinehall) o modinfo: use modules.dep, not manual search, so we get updates/ right. o Fix modinfo manpage missing word (thanks Debian) o modprobe.devfs: added apm_bios devices (thanks Debian) o modprobe: don't fatal() on missing includes (thanks Debian) o modprobe: install/remove commands must override modules.alias file. o Fix modprobe man page to document --show-depends and install commands (reported by Eric C. Cooper) o Fix modprobe man page: -t -a removed in 3.0 (report from Thomas Hood) o Document modprobe.d in modprobe(.conf) man page (report from Stefan Richter) 3.0 Version: o Update missing script (report from Robin Grindley) o "depmod " implies -a (report from Robin Grindley) o modprobe: remove -t without -l: it didn't work, so obviously noone was using it. o modprobe: Allow "-a mod1 mod2" (report from Frédéric L. W. Meunier). o modprobe: Fixed short alloc in merge_args. o testsuite: run everything under valgrind. o modprobe: change tabs to spaces in module parameters. o modprobe: define STT_REGISTER if not defined (report Bill Nottingham) o modinfo: -p means "parm" not "param" (report from Peter Cordes) o Rmmod man page description is wrong (report from Pawel) o modprobe: don't access off end of argv[] when '-c' used. o depmod: merged Takashi Iwai's isapnp table code (with changes). o modprobe.conf.sgml: Indicate that command is a shell command. o rmmod: exit with non-zero on any failure (thanks to Serue Hallyen) o generate-modprobe.conf: fix up char and block aliases (thanks to OGAWA Hirofumi) o modprobe: Fix warning about passing (and fix that fix thanks to Keith Moore) o depmod: merged Andrey Borzenkov's input table code (with changes). o modprobe: install/remove commands can be wildcards, set $MODPROBE_MODULE. o modprobe: inserting already-inserted is fine, as is removing already-removed. o modprobe: Add --first-time for old behavior o generate-modprobe.conf: Use --first-time for above and below commands. o FAQ: Fix generate-modprobe.conf question (report from Norman Diamond) o generate-modprobe.conf: Don't complain about common (no longer required) options o generate-modprobe.conf: Prevent "modprobe.old: command not found" message. o modprobe: fix semantics of -t to match any dir part (thanks to Paul Whittaker) o testsuite: test-rmmod/05noproc.sh relies on not being root (thanks to Pierre) o modprobe: handle infinite recursion caused by already-inserted, where dependency has install command but is already installed (thanks to Trond Myklebust) o configure.in: remove -Wcast-align, gives warnings on IA64 (thanks to Andrew Morton). o install-with-care: don't hardcode /usr/bin/install (thanks Pierre) o generate-modprobe.conf: handle "add" lines in modules.conf o modprobe: -q now only means "silently succeed on unknown modules". o modprobe: update usage message o modprobe: flush stdout on verbose, so we always print before children. o runtests: continue after (optional) test name. o Makefile.am: moveold checks for already having been run. o depmod: Handle -C correctly (thanks Richard Hirst) o Makefile.am: "make check" succeeds if no testcase, or no valgrind. o depmod: Remove non-working __start and __stop logic, and ignore unknown "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_" for s390 (patch from Arnd Bergmann) o modprobe: revert "innocuous change" to skip rest of depends on insertion, if this module is already in kernel. But in a depends on b and c, and b is already inserted, we should not skip inserting c! o configure.in: remove unused $(stat_zlib_flags) o Makefile.am: build insmod.static properly with --enable-zlib (thanks to Andy Wang) o generate-modprobe.conf: handle "add alias xxx off" correctly (thanks to Martin Schlemmer) o modprobe.c: revert -q behaviour: silent, but exit code 1. 0.9.14 Version: o Don't use syscall macros, use libc wrappers instead (patch from Marian Jancar) o insmod: Allow module from stdin (eg. zcat foo.ko.gz | insmod -). o depmod: Remove old compat code to recognise ".o" and ".klm" as modules. o depmod: Implement -A properly (zlib is too slow). o depmod: zlib support. o modinfo: zlib support. o modinfo: handle - vs _ when searching for module. o modprobe: zlib support. o modprobe: remove unused fd var (patch from Andrey Borzenkov) o depmod: fix .ko.gz short names in tables (patch from Andrey Borzenkov) o configure.in: --moddir (patch from Lucas Correia Villa Real, GoboLinux) o modprobe: -r with multiple args (as per modutils) (bug from Harald Dunkel) o modprobe: Make -q ignore unknown modules o modprobe: Make -q still set exit value (bug from Jamie Lokier). 0.9.13 Version: o generate-modprobe.conf: Add --stdin (patch from Bill Nottingham) o README: Spelling fix (patch from Alex Goddard) o modprobe: print options out after modules for --show-depends, and prefix with "insmod" (in case we want to show commands later). o modprobe: make --show-depends show commands (prefix: install). o Always use syscall() in backwards_compat.c: other archs want it. o depmod.c: Fix fd leak for deep dirs (patch from Arjan van de Ven) o modprobe.sgml: document -o/--name option. o modprobe: include files aliases should override: modprobe.devfs wants this so users can override (patch from Martin Schlemmer) o depmod: fix handling of bad args (reported by Gorik Van Steenberge) o insmod: do --version/-V o depmod: fix "all modules are inside loop" corner case o depmod: Temporary file then move (patch from Andrey Borzenkov). o generate-modprobe.conf: Added space to PREINSTALL and PREREMOVE before semicolon (Patch from Marian Jancar) o insmod: Backwards compat for insmod.static, too (Thanks to Marian Jancar) 0.9.12 Version: o modprobe.8: Document --set-version (Debian bug #187123, thanks Herbert) o rmmod.8: Fix raw lsmod(8) references (use proper sgml markup). o modinfo.c, rmmod.c: Fix includes for when no backwards compat (Thanks to Bill Nottingham). o Makefile.am: lsmod.old symlink from /bin to /sbin in move-old-targets o depmod: sparc gcc register variable fake undefined fix. o Makefile.am: Handle Mandrake's .bz2 man pages (Thanks to Paolo Giarrusso) o depmod: backwards compat at 2.5.48, not 2.5.47 (Thanks to Martin Schimschak) o depmod: ieee1394 support (Thanks to Ben Collins) o depmod: updated test suite for ieee1394 o Makefile: make symlink from /sbin/lsmod to /bin/lsmod if that's where we're going. o modinfo: add manual page. o modprobe: --show-depends (Asked by Herbert Xu for mkinitrd). o depmod: Simply and fix loop detection for non-trivial loops 0.9.11a Version: o Makefile: docbook2man fix (Thanks to Terje Rosten) o Makefile: make install man pages work with autoconf 1.4 (Thanks to Terje Rosten) 0.9.11 Version: o generate-modprobe.conf: Avoid "modprobe version" in stdout. o generate-modprobe.conf: Fix translation of "options dummy0 -o dummy0" o modprobe: add --set-version o modprobe: Add MODPROBE_OPTIONS env. var, and use it to pass some options. o Fix make moveold: (Thanks to Pavel Roskin, Will Stephenson) o README: Mention modprobe.devfs for devfs users (Thanks to Pavel Roskin) o lsmod: belongs in /bin, not /sbin (Thanks to Marco d'Itri) o Makefile: create man directories (Thanks to John Levon) o Makefile: no, use normal automake (Thanks v. much to John Levon) o Makefile: docbook2man tweaks and cleanups (Thanks to Terje Rosten) o Makefile: include man pages in dist, and clean in maintainer-clean (Martin Schlemmer's report). 0.9.10 Version: o modprobe: Remove old .gnu.linkonce.modname renaming code o modprobe: Add -q flag. o srpm: install generate-modprobe.conf, too. o install: move kallsyms and ksyms as well to point to insmod.old (Andrew Morton's report) o generate-modprobe.conf: don't worry about if statements: modprobe -c expands them already o modprobe: Look for __module section as well as .gnu.linkonce.this_module in renaming code. o modprobe: modules.devfsd handling, too (thanks to Martin Schlemmer). o modprobe.devfs: New file for devfs people. o modprobe: Handle vermagic in .modinfo section as well as own section. o depmod: Handle aliases in .modinfo section as well as .modalias section o Warnings added to build process. o modinfo: new binary o modinfo: new testcases o generate-modprobe.conf: handle missing mktemp 0.9.9 Version: o Install generate-modprobe.conf, too. o Start an FAQ o generate-modprobe.conf: use mktemp with an arg (Luuk van der Duim's report) o Richard Henderson's weak symbol support. o Anton's .foo == foo support for PPC64. o --force for removing version information o generate-modprobe.conf: fix one arg usage (Bug from David van Hoose) o generate-modprobe.conf: add ; inside { } (from Martin Schlemmer) o Kai's --force-version patch, modified. o Zibx Verituse's multiple whitespace in parser patch. o depmod: Handle strings for GPL in separate section, too. o lsmod: remove double unistd include (Bug from Dennis Schulz) o modprobe: Document --force* and -s 0.9.8 Version: o Use docbook2man if docbook-to-man not found (Warren Togami's bug report) o Implement -s in modprobe o If stderr is not open, act as if "--syslog" was given. o Remove documentation about aliases not overriding real modules. o Add support for modules.alias and modules.symbols to depmod and modprobe. o Fix handling of errors in modprobe.conf (Roger Luethi's bug report) o Petr Vandrovec's __gpl_ksymtab fix. 0.9.7 Version: o Man pages o modules.conf2modprobe.conf "above" and "below" support. o Silly typo in filename to modname conversion. o Double free fix (Marco d'Itri) o Add --dry-run as synonym for --show everywhere. o Change backwards compat test to sys_create_module(NULL, 0) != -ENOSYS, for people who want /proc/ksyms. o modules.conf2modprobe.conf renamed to generate-modprobe.conf, uses modprobe -c to get built-ins as well. 0.9.6 Version: o Fix aliases using - and _ (thanks to Roger Luethi) o Audit for more _ - comparisons: canonicalize at input. o Fix "include overrides alias" bug found during audit. o Testsuite added o lsmod ignores trailing (new-style) entries in /proc/modules, and deletes ,. o message segfault due to reusing varargs fixed. o Give 0 exit status with --dry-run with wildcards (Roger Luethi's bug report) o Add --all option (Roger Luethi's bug report) o Fix double-insert problem caused by symlinks (Roger Luethi's bug report) o Ignore undefined __start_ and __stop_ as future kernel might. o Report loops only once. o Fix complex duplicate elimination handling. o Implemented --ignore-command in modprobe o Implemented "remove" in modprobe's modprobe.conf parsing. o Don't die if /proc/modules can't be opened. o Modprobe -r checks for in-use modules before trying. o Warn about lines in modprobe.conf which aren't understood. o Remove extra spaces in options generated by modprobe. o Extract 64/32 moduleops into common code. o Reimplemented wildcard aliases. o Horrible workaround for devfsd. o Fix handling of wildcards in modules.conf2modprobe.conf 0.9.5 Version: o Fix bogus compare code where "modprobe tuner" loaded tun module (Thanks to Marco d'Itri's bug report). o Handle rth-style modules in modprobe namechange code. o Marco d'Itri's patch to correct quotes o Marco d'Itri's patch to implement -A. o Fixed rmmod's message when no unload support. o Fix backwards compat recursion protection to compare PIDs (Petr Vandrovec) o Implement -F and -e. o Tweak message when invalid parameter given (Roger Luethi's report) 0.9.4 Version o Implement loop detection and duplicate elimination (thanks to Jeff Chua's ide.ko / ide-io.ko bug report) o Fix stress_modules.sh script for new names and dir layout o Updated README to put autoconf at the bottom (most people don't need it) o Implemented -v in depmod o Implemented -l and -t in modprobe. o Implemented -a in modprobe. o Removed gratuitous configure.in target test (we do 64/32 dynamically) o Adam Richter's depmod patch to traverse above kernel/ dir. o Fix -r to be properly ignored (Chris Cheney's bug report) 0.9.3 Version o Fix modprobe -r ordering (tried to remove backwards) (Jim Radford's report) o David Brownell's extra rmmod options (modified) 0.9.2 Version o Matthieu Verbert 's objdir != srcdir install fix. o Fixed insmod option ignores (Petr Vandrovec's bug report) o Arnd Bergmann 's modules.ccwmap implementation. o Jim Radford 's modprobe -r implementation. 0.9.1 Version o Include install-with-care script in dist 0.9 Version o Added install-with-care script to check we're not destroying old utils o Split moveold into two targets for gentoo o Don't use readlink in moveold: RH8.0 doesn't have it by default o Fix ia64 _syscall5 problem (undefined reference to `__ia64_syscall') 0.9-alpha Version o Fixed patch in NEWS to leave #include linux/elf.h, needed for CONFIG_KALLSYMS. o Fixed extra newline in "in use by" message. o Fixed parsing for new-style /proc/modules. o Fixed version parsing code (thanks to Adam Richter's report) o Fixed "running out of filedescriptors" (Adam Richter) o Implemented options in modprobe o Implemented install in modprobe o Implemented options in modules.conf2modprobe.conf o Implemented install in modules.conf2modprobe.conf o Implemented probeall in modules.conf2modprobe.conf o Implemented probe in modules.conf2modprobe.conf o Changed modprobe version to be constant string, for "strings" to work easily. 0.8a Version o Fixed erroneous warning on rmmod saying it didn't find module in /proc/modules 0.8 Version o Chris Cheney's automake patch o Adam J. Richter's "use depmod" patch (simplifies aliases, handles include) o Cleaned up error handling a little o Implemented --name/-o to change module name (requires Kai's modname patch) o David Hardeman's dummy options patch for Debian. o Updated version number (thanks to David Hardeman). o Fix "sbin not in path" .old exec problem. o Remove assumptions about module extension. o Added "links" and "moveold" targets, and leave using them to the user. o Implemented new depmod which works with current kernels, calls old one for previous kernels. o First cut of modules.conf2modprobe.conf o Implemented dummy insmod -p, -s and -f options, requested by Petr Vandrovec 0.7a Version o 64/32 bit autodetection thanks to Dave Miller o Preliminary alias support. o Very primitive /etc/modprobe.conf support o Fix for "rmmod ide-cd" (bug from Jens Axboe) o Options args for modprobe