Massive problems with 2.4.20 module loading
Quoted 2 lines · Martin Loschwitz
I'm having massive problems with Linux 2.4.20 and modul loading. In fact, it seems to have something to do with devfs.
Quoted 3 lines · Alan Cox
Linux 2,4.20 doesnt include vmware or ALSA. The fact you list those modules alone suggests that the problem is that you haven't rebuilt them for the new kernel.
Well maybe that's his problem and maybe it isn't, but he's not the only person thinking that there's something strange about devfs in 2.4.20. I have a 2.4.20-SMP box that is deadlocking when loading modules via devfs. The NMI watchdog has produced two oopsen for me, which I have published to this list, and while one oops is also from the ALSA modules, the other is from mga.o. Both oopsen occur in the __write_lock_failed() function and have devfs_open() in the module stack. I have most definitely NOT forgotten to recompile everything for 2.4.20, and I am using symbol versioning anyway.
Chris
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Well maybe that's his problem and maybe it isn't, but he's not the only person thinking that there's something strange about devfs in 2.4.20. I have a 2.4.20-SMP box that is deadlocking when loading modules via devfs. The NMI watchdog has produced two oopsen for me, which I have
Could be. I don't test devfs at all