Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 01:53:27 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm4 |
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Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 08:40:45PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Kurt Wall <kwall@kurtwerks.com> wrote: > > > $ sudo make modules_install: > > > ... > > > INSTALL sound/soundcore.ko > > > if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F > > > System.map 2.6.16-rc1-mm4krw-1; fi > > > WARNING: Loop detected: > > > /lib/modules/2.6.16-rc1-mm4krw-1/kernel/drivers/serial/8250.ko needs > > > serial_core.ko which needs 8250.ko again! > > > WARNING: Module > > > /lib/modules/2.6.16-rc1-mm4krw-1/kernel/drivers/serial/8250.ko > > > ignored, due to loop > > > WARNING: Module > > > /lib/modules/2.6.16-rc1-mm4krw-1/kernel/drivers/serial/serial_core.ko > > > ignored, due to loop > > > WARNING: Module > > > /lib/modules/2.6.16-rc1-mm4krw-1/kernel/drivers/serial/8250_pci.ko > > > ignored, due to loop > > > [~/kernel/linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4]$ > > > > > > > ah. .config, please? > > It'll be the well-known kgdb problem in your tree. You might want to > make a note of this for future reference.
That kgdb stub is slowly deteriorating as everyone hacks on everything else. I usually disable 8250 completely in config when I want to use it nowadays.
> It's been a while since this came up, but I thought someone was working > on a kgdb version which didn't have this yucky side effect. It's now > far too long ago for me to remember who it was. > > What happened to getting that into -mm instead of this obviously buggy > version?
Tom pops up with it every few months, I try to merge it, general havoc ensues and it all goes quiet again. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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