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List:       suse-security
Subject:    Re: [suse-security] SuSE Security Announcement: kernel (SuSE-SA:2003:021)
From:       Robert Davies <rob_davies () ntlworld ! com>
Date:       2003-03-27 8:47:50
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On Thursday 27 March 2003 08:07, Radu Voicu wrote:

> No offence, but I think you'll have to pay more attention when you compile
> the kernel upgrade... for instance, in the upgrade 2.4.18 for SuSE 8.1, you
> use modules from 2.4.19... and no machine will start... NEVER EVER... I

But module versioning allows loading of compiled modules into different 
kernel releases, so long as the compile options are compatible (memory model, 
SMP, CPU etc).

Rob

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