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SubjectRe: Oops when accessing /dev/fd0 (kernel 2.4.7 and devfsd 1.3.11)
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Taylor Carpenter wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:19:07PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > If you think the problem may be devfs-related, a good test is to try
> > again with CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n.
>
> I tried kernel 2.4.8 and also had an oops. An earlier kernel w/out devfs did
> not cause an oops. I plan on making a non-devfs 2.4.8 kernel to see if the
> oops does not happen.

I've noticed kernels 2.4.7, 2.4.8 and 2.4.9 can oops when modprobing
floppy.o under certain circumstances (specifically I've noticed it when
rc.sysinit does "/sbin/pam_console_apply -r",which appears to cause the
floppy driver to be modprobed). There doesn't seem to be a problem if the
floppydriver is compiled into the kernel instead of being modular.

NOTE: I'm testing these kernels on Cobalt kit, which doesn't have a floppy
drive (and does some very odd things at the hardware/firmware side
occasionally :). So I can't vouch for how this will affect
"normal" hardware.

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