Messages in this thread | | | From | CD323 <> | Subject | Re: kmod freezes | Date | Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:44:53 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, CD323 wrote: > > > I am one of the parport developer. You are wrong. parport_enumerate() in > parport_share.c recall request_module() that _should_ load the module > parport_lowlevel that must be defined as an alias in /etc/conf.modules. > Then when __lp__ and not __parport__ is load parport_enumerate() will be > recalled from the lp initialization but parport_lowlevel is lot loaded due > a kmod bug. The workaround is buggy too because parport_lowlevel must be > load not when parport is load but when a pardevice module is load. > > The same bug is shown by the scsi_hostadapter alias in the scsi code. > > Andrea[s] Arcangeli > >
ok, again - running Greg Zornetzer's patch to kmod (which enables the loading of modules from other modules while inside their init_module() routine) *should* fix this. if this is the "workaround" you mention in your mail above, please explain the "bugginess" further; i'm not sure i follow you or understand why kmod is to blame for the bugginess.
i've got kmod running on a 2.1.92 machine with greg's patch and it's loading my aic7xxx driver (and all the related scsi bells and whistles) just fine.
-cyrus durgin. cider@speakeasy.org.
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