Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:43:26 +0100 (MET) | From | DAVID BALAZIC <> | Subject | Re: modutils 2.1.121 breaking autoloading of 2.0.x modules? |
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From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net>
>On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, DAVID BALAZIC wrote: > >>The author/maintainer/somebody-else said that it works OK >>if compiled with the 2.0.x kernel includes. >>Or maybe some includes from modutils should be replaced by the kernel ones. >> >>Try to search the mail list archive. >> >>IIRC it is actually a bug in the modutils , but the responsible person >>is probably too lazy to fix it :-) > >So, will someone who does know how do so? > >Can I hear modutils-2.2.0 anyone? ;o)
OK , I found that mail on linux kernel ( dated 4-oct-98 ) :
> [ this was written by me ( David B. ) ] >mod-utils 2.1.121 and kernel 2.0.36pre12 don't work well together. > >Problems : >- running kerneld 2.1.121 under kernel 2.0.35 : > doesn't autoload any modules > if started as "kerneld debug" and I try a "mdir" ( floppy is a module ), > they it puts something about "k-major-2" on the console , but I guess it should be > "block-major-2"
[ this is the solution ]
Replace "include/kerneld.h" with the version that is in your linux kernel and everything should be fine.
Thanks,
Florian La Roche ----------------------end of quote -----------
I believe you must replace the kerneld.h file which comes with the modutils package ( that is the only way that makes sense :-) -- David Balazic , student E-mail : 1stein@writeme.com | living in sLOVEnija home page: http://surf.to/stein Computer: Amiga 1200 + Quantum LPS-340AT --
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