Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: crash on CONFIG_CFAG12864B=y in 2.6.20-rc3-mm1 | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:20:33 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 18:13 +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > > > > > Well, I use the word "module" for both cases: When I modprobe > cfag12864b, if ks0108 fails, it doesn't get linked. So I thought the > same happen for built-in drivers (in other words, I didn't think > cfag12864b would be linked if ks0108 failed). > > So I'm waiting until someone tell me what is the right way to avoid > drivers like cfag12864b been inited if their dependencies failed. > > Anyway, thanks for discovering the bug (I wouldn't have discovered it > as my motherboard has parallel port ;).
I have a parallel port, but I don't have the cfag12864b or ks0108 .. I think the simplest way to fix it would be to add a flag to ks0108 that signals successful initialization , then force cfag12864b to check for that ..
I found this by booting a make allyesconfig kernel ..
Daniel
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