$ git log --pretty=format:'%h %s (%cs)%d'
dc98aea testsuite: Remove trailing ; (2025-01-03)
(HEAD -> master)
44855d7 shared/macro: Add _alignedptr_ (2025-01-03)
d7e7c4c shared/macro: Add macros for more attributes (2025-01-03)
0396fc2 testsuite: Fix build when linking with lld (2025-01-03)
47bc914 tools: specify buffer to be size PATH_MAX (2025-01-02)
235a38b strbuf: Extend strbuf_reserve_extra size check (2025-01-02)
bcff223 libkmod: Use correct data types for ELF arithmetic (2025-01-02)
ad689ac lsmod: Simplify code (2024-12-22)
ccc26d6 ci: Add 2 more pipelines to the matrix (2024-12-06)
a3467eb ci: Add configure tests for dlopen (2024-12-06)
...
$ git cat-file blob HEAD:README.md
## kmod - Linux kernel module handling
OVERVIEW
========
kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux kernel modules like
insert, remove, list, check properties, resolve dependencies and aliases.
These tools are designed on top of libkmod, a library that is shipped with
kmod. See libkmod/README for more details on this library and how to use it.
The aim is to be compatible with tools, configurations and indexes from
module-init-tools project.
Links
=====
- Mailing list (no subscription needed): linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
- Mailing list archives: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/
- Signed packages: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/
- Git:
- Official: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
- Mirror: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod
- Mirror: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
- License:
- LGPLv2.1+ for libkmod, testsuite and helper libraries
- GPLv2+ for tools/*
- Irc: `#kmod` on irc.oftc.net
- Issues: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues
Compilation and installation
============================
In order to compile the source code you need the following software packages:
- GCC/CLANG compiler
- GNU C library / musl / uClibc
Optional dependencies, required with the default build configuration:
- ZLIB library
- LZMA library
- ZSTD library
- OPENSSL library (signature handling in modinfo)
Typical configuration and installation
meson setup builddir/
meson compile -C builddir/
sudo meson install -C builddir/
For end-user and distributions builds, it's recommended to use:
meson setup --buildtype release builddir/
Alternatively you can try autotools build.
NOTE: The autotools build is slated for removal with kmod v35
./configure CFLAGS="-g -O2" --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib
make && make install
Hacking
=======
When working on kmod, use the included `build-dev.ini` file, as:
meson setup --native-file build-dev.ini builddir/
Make sure to read [our contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) and the other
READMEs: [libkmod](libkmod/README) and [testsuite](testsuite/README).
Compatibility with module-init-tools
====================================
kmod replaced module-init-tools, which was EOL'ed in 2011. All the tools were
rewritten on top of libkmod and they can be used as drop in replacements.
Along the years there were a few behavior changes and new features implemented,
following feedback from Linux kernel community and distros.
# heads (aka `branches'):
$ git for-each-ref --sort=-creatordate refs/heads \
--format='%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(subject) (%(creatordate:short))'
* master testsuite: Remove trailing ; (2025-01-03)
ci-test meson: Stop rebuilding modules over and over (2024-09-09)
hash-stat2 benchmark hashfind (2013-09-25)
# tags:
$ git for-each-ref --sort=-creatordate refs/tags \
--format='%(refname:short) %(subject) (%(creatordate:short))'
v33 kmod 33 (2024-08-13) tar.gz
v32 kmod 32 (2024-03-05) tar.gz
v31 kmod 31 (2023-09-29) tar.gz
v30 kmod 30 (2022-06-30) tar.gz
v29 kmod 29 (2021-05-20) tar.gz
v28 kmod 28 (2021-01-07) tar.gz
v27 kmod 27 (2020-02-18) tar.gz
v26 kmod 26 (2019-02-07) tar.gz
v25 kmod 25 (2018-01-08) tar.gz
v24 kmod 24 (2017-02-23) tar.gz
...
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git clone https://yhbt.net/lore/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git