--- a/xpcom/components/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/components/Makefile.in
@@ -51,28 +51,26 @@ MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 
 EXPORTS_NAMESPACES = mozilla
 
 EXPORTS	= \
   nsCategoryManagerUtils.h \
   $(NULL)
 
 EXPORTS_mozilla = \
-  GenericFactory.h \
   Module.h \
   ModuleLoader.h \
   ModuleUtils.h \
   $(NULL)
 
 CPPSRCS		= \
 		nsCategoryManager.cpp \
 		nsComponentManager.cpp \
 		ManifestParser.cpp \
 		nsNativeComponentLoader.cpp \
-		GenericFactory.cpp \
 		$(NULL)
 
 SDK_XPIDLSRCS	= \
 		nsIClassInfo.idl	      \
 		nsIComponentRegistrar.idl     \
 		nsIFactory.idl		      \
 		nsIModule.idl		      \
 		nsIServiceManager.idl	      \

--- a/xpcom/components/ModuleUtils.h
+++ b/xpcom/components/ModuleUtils.h
@@ -122,9 +122,46 @@ static nsresult                         
     }                                                                         \
     /* NS_ADDREF(inst); */                                                    \
     rv = inst->QueryInterface(aIID, aResult);                                 \
     NS_RELEASE(inst);                                                         \
                                                                               \
     return rv;                                                                \
 }
 
+#ifndef MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
+
+#include "nsIModule.h"
+#include "nsISupportsUtils.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+class GenericModule : public nsIModule
+{
+public:
+    GenericModule(const mozilla::Module* aData)
+        : mData(aData)
+    {
+    }
+
+    NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
+    NS_DECL_NSIMODULE
+
+private:
+    const mozilla::Module* mData;
+};
+
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#define NS_IMPL_MOZILLA192_NSGETMODULE(module)     \
+extern "C" NS_EXPORT nsresult                      \
+NSGetModule(nsIComponentManager* aCompMgr,         \
+            nsIFile* aLocation,                    \
+            nsIModule** aResult)                   \
+{                                                  \
+    *aResult = new mozilla::GenericModule(module); \
+    NS_ADDREF(*aResult);                           \
+    return NS_OK;                                  \
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #endif // mozilla_GenericModule_h

rename from xpcom/components/GenericFactory.cpp
rename to xpcom/glue/GenericFactory.cpp

rename from xpcom/components/GenericFactory.h
rename to xpcom/glue/GenericFactory.h
--- a/xpcom/components/GenericFactory.h
+++ b/xpcom/glue/GenericFactory.h
@@ -39,17 +39,18 @@
 #define mozilla_GenericFactory_h
 
 #include "mozilla/Module.h"
 
 namespace mozilla {
 
 /**
  * A generic factory which uses a constructor function to create instances.
- * This class is intended solely for internal use by the component manager.
+ * This class is intended for use by the component manager and the generic
+ * module.
  */
 class GenericFactory : public nsIFactory
 {
 public:
   typedef Module::ConstructorProcPtr ConstructorProcPtr;
 
   NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
   NS_DECL_NSIFACTORY

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xpcom/glue/GenericModule.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+ * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+ * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+ * Netscape Communications Corporation.
+ * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
+ * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *   Benjamin Smedberg <benjamin@smedbergs.us>
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
+ * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
+ * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
+ * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
+ * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
+ * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
+ * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
+ * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
+ * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
+ * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
+ * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
+ *
+ * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+#include "mozilla/ModuleUtils.h"
+#include "mozilla/GenericFactory.h"
+
+#include "nsICategoryManager.h"
+#include "nsIComponentManager.h"
+#include "nsIComponentRegistrar.h"
+#include "nsServiceManagerUtils.h"
+#include "nsXPCOMCID.h"
+#include "nsStringAPI.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS1(GenericModule, nsIModule)
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+GenericModule::GetClassObject(nsIComponentManager* aCompMgr,
+                              const nsCID& aCID,
+                              const nsIID& aIID,
+                              void** aResult)
+{
+  for (const Module::CIDEntry* e = mData->mCIDs; e->cid; ++e) {
+    if (e->cid->Equals(aCID)) {
+      nsCOMPtr<nsIFactory> f;
+      if (e->getFactoryProc) {
+        f = e->getFactoryProc(*mData, *e);
+      }
+      else {
+        NS_ASSERTION(e->constructorProc, "No constructor proc?");
+        f = new GenericFactory(e->constructorProc);
+      }
+      if (!f)
+        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+
+      return f->QueryInterface(aIID, aResult);
+    }
+  }
+  NS_ERROR("Asking a module for a CID it doesn't implement.");
+  return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+GenericModule::RegisterSelf(nsIComponentManager* aCompMgr,
+                            nsIFile* aLocation,
+                            const char* aLoaderStr,
+                            const char* aType)
+{
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIComponentRegistrar> r = do_QueryInterface(aCompMgr);
+  for (const Module::CIDEntry* e = mData->mCIDs; e->cid; ++e)
+    r->RegisterFactoryLocation(*e->cid, "", NULL, aLocation, aLoaderStr, aType);
+
+  for (const Module::ContractIDEntry* e = mData->mContractIDs;
+       e && e->contractid;
+       ++e)
+    r->RegisterFactoryLocation(*e->cid, "", e->contractid, aLocation, aLoaderStr, aType);
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsICategoryManager> catman;
+  for (const Module::CategoryEntry* e = mData->mCategoryEntries;
+       e && e->category;
+       ++e) {
+    if (!catman)
+      catman = do_GetService(NS_CATEGORYMANAGER_CONTRACTID);
+
+    nsCAutoString r;
+    catman->AddCategoryEntry(e->category, e->entry, e->value, true, true,
+                             getter_Copies(r));
+  }
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+GenericModule::UnregisterSelf(nsIComponentManager* aCompMgr,
+                              nsIFile* aFile,
+                              const char* aLoaderStr)
+{
+  NS_ERROR("Nobody should ever call UnregisterSelf!");
+  return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+GenericModule::CanUnload(nsIComponentManager* aCompMgr, PRBool* aResult)
+{
+  NS_ERROR("Nobody should ever call CanUnload!");
+  *aResult = false;
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
+} // namespace mozilla

--- a/xpcom/glue/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/glue/Makefile.in
@@ -60,16 +60,17 @@ LOCAL_INCLUDES	= \
 CSRCS		= \
 		$(XPCOM_GLUE_SRC_LCSRCS) \
 		$(NULL)  
 
 CPPSRCS		= \
 		$(XPCOM_GLUE_SRC_LCPPSRCS) \
 		$(XPCOM_GLUENS_SRC_LCPPSRCS) \
 		nsStringAPI.cpp \
+		GenericModule.cpp \
 		$(NULL)
 
 # TODO nsAutoLock.h should die soon
 SDK_HEADERS = \
 		nsArrayEnumerator.h \
 		nsArrayUtils.h \
 		nsAutoLock.h \
 		nsBaseHashtable.h \
@@ -121,16 +122,17 @@ EXPORTS = \
 		nsXPTCUtils.h \
 		$(NULL)
 
 EXPORTS_mozilla = \
   AutoRestore.h \
   BlockingResourceBase.h \
   CondVar.h \
   DeadlockDetector.h \
+  GenericFactory.h \
   Monitor.h \
   Mutex.h \
   SSE.h \
   unused.h \
   $(NULL)
 
 SDK_LIBRARY     =                        \
 		$(LIB_PREFIX)xpcomglue_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \

--- a/xpcom/glue/objs.mk
+++ b/xpcom/glue/objs.mk
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ XPCOM_GLUE_SRC_CPPSRCS = $(addprefix $(t
 XPCOM_GLUENS_SRC_LCPPSRCS =      \
   BlockingResourceBase.cpp       \
   DeadlockDetector.cpp           \
   SSE.cpp                        \
   unused.cpp                     \
   nsAutoLock.cpp                 \
   nsProxyRelease.cpp             \
   nsTextFormatter.cpp            \
+  GenericFactory.cpp             \
   $(NULL)
 
 XPCOM_GLUENS_SRC_CPPSRCS = $(addprefix $(topsrcdir)/xpcom/glue/,$(XPCOM_GLUENS_SRC_LCPPSRCS))

--- a/xpcom/sample/nsSampleModule.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/sample/nsSampleModule.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ static const mozilla::Module kSampleModu
     kSampleCIDs,
     kSampleContracts,
     kSampleCategories
 };
 
 // The following line implements the one-and-only "NSModule" symbol exported from this
 // shared library.
 NSMODULE_DEFN(nsSampleModule) = &kSampleModule;
+
+// The following line implements the one-and-only "NSGetModule" symbol
+// for compatibility with mozilla 1.9.2. You should only use this
+// if you need a binary which is backwards-compatible and if you use
+// interfaces carefully across multiple versions.
+NS_IMPL_MOZILLA192_NSGETMODULE(&kSampleModule)