From: Matthias Andree <ma+rfs@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Re: 2.4.21-rc3
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 19:43:26 +0200
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Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:

> I've noticed that the modules ide-taskfile.o and ide-io.o depend on each other 
> if you compile the 2.4.21-rc3 with IDE as modules.
>
> Is this a bug in the kernel or are we supposed to use a new module loader that 
> can resolve such things?

Kernel bug. IDE doesn't work as a module currently. IMHO, the
corresponding configuration option should be made "yes/no" rather than
"yes/module/no" for the time being. I posted such a suggestion to
linux-kernel earlier today ("yesterday" for Australians at home :-)

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Matthias Andree