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    SubjectRe: 2.6.16-rc1-mm4
    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.
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