Re: [PATCH] framework for building modules externally

[Vesa Jääskeläinen]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:32:29PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Attached patch makes it possible to build modules externally, by:
>>
>>   - Installing headers in system include dir.
>>
>>   - Exporting two ABI tags (a build-time macro and a run-time variable)
>>     for run-time comparison.
>>
>>   - Exporting a makefile with COMMON_*FLAGS variables.
> 
> Looks like I missed some important details.  The headers and some macros are
> not enough, as we need to reproduce part of the build system to build a module
> externally.  This new patch provides the following:

Interesting idea. However how do you define GRUB ABI :) ? What is it,
kernel, certain set of modules, or how :) ?

Versioning of the modules would be a good idea indeed to make sure
mismatched modules are not tried together.