Re: kmod freezes
CD323 (cider@eve.speakeasy.org)
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
> On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, CD323 wrote:
>
>
> I am one of the parport developer. You are wrong. parport_enumerate() in
> parport_share.c recall request_module() that _should_ load the module
> parport_lowlevel that must be defined as an alias in /etc/conf.modules.
> Then when __lp__ and not __parport__ is load parport_enumerate() will be
> recalled from the lp initialization but parport_lowlevel is lot loaded due
> a kmod bug. The workaround is buggy too because parport_lowlevel must be
> load not when parport is load but when a pardevice module is load.
>
> The same bug is shown by the scsi_hostadapter alias in the scsi code.
>
> Andrea[s] Arcangeli
>
>
ok, again - running Greg Zornetzer's patch to kmod (which enables the
loading of modules from other modules while inside their init_module()
routine) *should* fix this. if this is the "workaround" you mention in
your mail above, please explain the "bugginess" further; i'm not sure
i follow you or understand why kmod is to blame for the bugginess.
i've got kmod running on a 2.1.92 machine with greg's patch and it's
loading my aic7xxx driver (and all the related scsi bells and whistles)
just fine.
-cyrus durgin.
cider@speakeasy.org.
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