problem with automounter in 2.2.7

Guenther Sohler (guenther.sohler@newlogic.at)
Thu, 08 Jul 1999 07:21:30 +0200 (MET DST)


Hello ...

I got an Kernel oops in 2.2.7 ...

After installing Suse 6.1 from scratch, I also made my own kernel.
I had to compile more than once till I set all the parameters correctly
Finally it was very fine, ....

except for X, because the mouse did not work ..

I did a gpm --- nothing

cat /dev/ttyS0, cat /dev/ttyS1 reported an input/output-error

proc/devices reports, that ttyS is loaded

lsmod reports, that module serial is loaded ...
This made me thinking, because I was pretty sure, that I had compiled in serial
support within the kernel core itself ..

I tried just to unload the serial and did a

cat /dev/ttyS1 again

Then the kernel crashed ..

It reported, that the attemption was done do kill the idle task while swapping
?!?!?!?(what means this)

Nevertheless, I deleted the serial.o in /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc, after getting
through the file system check, and starting again
The automounter now reported, that he was not able to find this module, but the
serial port worked then

What did !!!I!!! do wrong ?

Nevertheless ...
The automounter should never be able to load a module, which is still
integrated within the kernel

any suggestions?

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