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openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other.
I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each.
To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc. Then ifconfig is OK for those devices.
eth_s1_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:F0:BB:14:E1

          inet addr:192.168.10.10  Bcast:192.168.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:febb:14e1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1923 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:287532 (280.7 Kb)  TX bytes:283044 (276.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:23:04:37
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe23:437/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4324 (4.2 Kb) TX bytes:18470 (18.0 Kb)

On 11.3 module-init-tools-3.12-1.3.x86_64
On 11.4 Milestone 4 module-init-tools-3.12-5.3.x86_64

tindog:/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-rc3-git7 # grep MODULE .config CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y

Another guy has emailed me saying he's seen the same.
11.3
====
gcc version 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292] (SUSE Linux) 11.4 Milestone 4
================
gcc version 4.5.1 20101116 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 166793] (SUSE Linux) Regards
Sid.

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Quoted 7 lines · Sid Boyce

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.

Confused, shouldn't we always run 'make modules_install'? What did you do before that?

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(Please don't drop lkml, and I am not a subscriber of the opensuse list.)

Quoted 14 lines · Sid Boyce
Quoted 9 lines · Américo Wang
Quoted 7 lines · Sid Boyce

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.

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Confused, shouldn't we always run 'make modules_install'? What did you do before that?

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As usual a script that does the following and never had problems before. It says it's installed the modules, but a check shows they are all zero bytes long.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
make -j 4 clean && make headers_install && make -j 4 && make -j 4 modules_install
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Hmm, nothing is wrong with this script.

Sounds like a regression, but I don't recall we have any 'module_install' changes recently.

What does 'make V=2 modules_install' output?

Thanks.

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Quoted 3 lines · Américo Wang

(Please don't drop lkml, and I am not a subscriber of the opensuse list.)

OK. I built 2.6.37-rc3-git7-smp on the second box, checked the modules were OK. Rebooted and modules were still OK, built the NVidia module, rebooted and it's OK. I didn't build VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.10_66523 modules this time to eliminate that as the problem previously appeared after I had rebuilt VBox as the last action before rebooting straight into X.

I'm now building 2.6.37-rc4-git1 and I shall repeat that sequence again. Regards
Sid.

Quoted 33 lines · Sid Boyce
Quoted 14 lines · Américo Wang
Quoted 9 lines · Sid Boyce
Quoted 7 lines

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.

Quoted 3 lines

Confused, shouldn't we always run 'make modules_install'? What did you do before that?

Quoted 8 lines

As usual a script that does the following and never had problems before. It says it's installed the modules, but a check shows they are all zero bytes long.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
make -j 4 clean&& make headers_install&& make -j 4&& make -j 4 modules_install
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Hmm, nothing is wrong with this script.

Sounds like a regression, but I don't recall we have any 'module_install' changes recently.

What does 'make V=2 modules_install' output?

Thanks.

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In reply to Sid Boyce

This problem has showed up again in 2.6.38-rc6-git5 and openSUSE 11.4 RC1. The previous kernel 2.6.38-rc6-git2 was OK.
The modules are OK before a reboot, after a reboot all modules are zero bytes long. I'm building 2.6.38-rc6-git6 to see if that suffers the same problem, e.g.

# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git5/kernel/drivers/net|less
total 3652
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 8390.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 amd8111e.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 00:10 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   34 Feb 26 00:10 atlx/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 atp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 b44.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   22 Feb 26 00:10 benet/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   23 Feb 26 00:10 bonding/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 cassini.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   20 Feb 26 00:10 chelsio/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 00:10 cxgb3/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 de600.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 de620.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 00:10 dummy.ko

Asus Crosshair III Motherboard, Phenom II X4 and 8G of memory. I have seen the same problem on another Asus box ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Athlon 64X2 6000+, 6G of memory. slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/net|less
total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  89335 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  38119 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  57751 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  16304 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  46020 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  32751 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  19580 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  45240 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 101219 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9346 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  67407 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  74672 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  22436 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  26692 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  24494 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  35267 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30334 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7527 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  54097 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  33518 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ total 1440
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 108 Feb 26 01:05 ../

-rw-r--r--  1 root root   8239 Feb 26 01:04 aircable.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  17764 Feb 26 01:04 ark3116.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  17138 Feb 26 01:04 belkin_sa.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  18969 Feb 26 01:04 ch341.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30341 Feb 26 01:04 cp210x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  20317 Feb 26 01:05 cyberjack.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  38456 Feb 26 01:05 cypress_m8.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  31567 Feb 26 01:05 digi_acceleport.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7316 Feb 26 01:05 empeg.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 103261 Feb 26 01:05 ftdi_sio.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5650 Feb 26 01:05 funsoft.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  32346 Feb 26 01:05 garmin_gps.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5585 Feb 26 01:05 hp4x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  82198 Feb 26 01:05 io_edgeport.ko

All good and ready for a reboot as was 2.6.38-rc6-git5.

After reboot, 2.6.36-rc6-git6
===============================
total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

Regards
Sid.

Quoted 46 lines · Sid Boyce

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.
Then ifconfig is OK for those devices.
eth_s1_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:F0:BB:14:E1
inet addr:192.168.10.10 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:febb:14e1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1923 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:287532 (280.7 Kb) TX bytes:283044 (276.4 Kb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:23:04:37
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe23:437/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4324 (4.2 Kb) TX bytes:18470 (18.0 Kb)

On 11.3 module-init-tools-3.12-1.3.x86_64
On 11.4 Milestone 4 module-init-tools-3.12-5.3.x86_64

tindog:/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-rc3-git7 # grep MODULE .config CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y

Another guy has emailed me saying he's seen the same.
11.3
====
gcc version 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292] (SUSE Linux) 11.4 Milestone 4
================
gcc version 4.5.1 20101116 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 166793] (SUSE Linux) Regards
Sid.

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The laptop with Model: 15.104.2 "AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58" is also at 11.4 RC1, no problem after the reboot.
sepulot:~ # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/net total 48280
drwxr-xr-x 43 root root 4096 Feb 26 03:02 ./
drwxr-xr-x 61 root root 4096 Feb 26 03:03 ../

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  665983 Feb 26 03:02 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  635335 Feb 26 03:02 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  560068 Feb 26 03:02 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  410065 Feb 26 03:02 8390.ko

etc.
Regards
Sid.

Quoted 189 lines · Sid Boyce

This problem has showed up again in 2.6.38-rc6-git5 and openSUSE 11.4 RC1. The previous kernel 2.6.38-rc6-git2 was OK.
The modules are OK before a reboot, after a reboot all modules are zero bytes long. I'm building 2.6.38-rc6-git6 to see if that suffers the same problem, e.g.

# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git5/kernel/drivers/net|less
total 3652
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ../
(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 00:10 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 00:10 benet/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 00:10 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 00:10 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dummy.ko

Asus Crosshair III Motherboard, Phenom II X4 and 8G of memory. I have seen the same problem on another Asus box ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Athlon 64X2 6000+, 6G of memory. slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/net|less total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89335 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38119 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57751 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16304 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46020 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32751 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19580 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45240 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101219 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9346 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67407 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74672 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22436 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26692 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24494 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35267 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30334 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7527 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54097 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33518 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ total 1440
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 108 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8239 Feb 26 01:04 aircable.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17764 Feb 26 01:04 ark3116.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17138 Feb 26 01:04 belkin_sa.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18969 Feb 26 01:04 ch341.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30341 Feb 26 01:04 cp210x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20317 Feb 26 01:05 cyberjack.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38456 Feb 26 01:05 cypress_m8.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31567 Feb 26 01:05 digi_acceleport.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7316 Feb 26 01:05 empeg.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103261 Feb 26 01:05 ftdi_sio.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5650 Feb 26 01:05 funsoft.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32346 Feb 26 01:05 garmin_gps.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5585 Feb 26 01:05 hp4x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82198 Feb 26 01:05 io_edgeport.ko

All good and ready for a reboot as was 2.6.38-rc6-git5.

After reboot, 2.6.36-rc6-git6
===============================
total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

Regards
Sid.

Quoted 46 lines · Sid Boyce

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.
Then ifconfig is OK for those devices.
eth_s1_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:F0:BB:14:E1
inet addr:192.168.10.10 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:febb:14e1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1923 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:287532 (280.7 Kb) TX bytes:283044 (276.4 Kb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:23:04:37
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe23:437/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4324 (4.2 Kb) TX bytes:18470 (18.0 Kb)

On 11.3 module-init-tools-3.12-1.3.x86_64
On 11.4 Milestone 4 module-init-tools-3.12-5.3.x86_64

tindog:/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-rc3-git7 # grep MODULE .config CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y

Another guy has emailed me saying he's seen the same.
11.3
====
gcc version 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292] (SUSE Linux) 11.4 Milestone 4
================
gcc version 4.5.1 20101116 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 166793] (SUSE Linux) Regards
Sid.

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Re: 2.6.37-rc3-git installed modules zero bytes long - only on root xfs

The problem occurs on the systems with root on xfs, the boxes with ext4 have not been affected.
On the 2 affected boxes, 2.6.36-rc6-git6 - one had no problems and and one several rebuilds and reinstalls of modules had to be done to get it to work with the exception of one module. slipstream:/home/lancelot # depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map
WARNING: Can't read module
/lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/mtd/nftl.ko: Not a directory

Listing the module it says 0 bytes whereas before the reboot it was OK. slipstream:/home/lancelot # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/mtd/nftl.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 22:33 /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/mtd/nftl.ko

# rpm -qa|grep xfsprogs

xfsprogs-3.1.4-1.3.x86_64

slipstream:/home/lancelot # df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 903211908 615966196 287245712 69% /

devtmpfs  devtmpfs     4056088      1024   4055064   1% /dev
tmpfs        tmpfs     4096140     14928   4081212   1% /dev/shm

/dev/sda2 xfs 903211908 615966196 287245712 69% /
none tmpfs 4096140 0 4096140 0% /lib/bootchart/tmpfs
/dev/sda1 reiserfs 52426492 854848 51571644 2% /boot
/dev/sdb1 reiserfs 302735588 263377460 39358128 87% /home/lancelot/ftp
none tmpfs 4096140 252 4095888 1% /tmp

none tmpfs 4096140 0 4096140 0% /lib/bootchart/tmpfs

tindog:~ # df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 912135984 386160972 525975012 43% /

devtmpfs  devtmpfs     1990668       316   1990352   1% /dev
tmpfs        tmpfs     2029860      4476   2025384   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1      xfs   912135984 386160972 525975012  43% /
none         tmpfs     2029860         0   2029860   0% /lib/bootchart/tmpfs
/dev/sdb1    btrfs   419931036  47466788 362246284  12% /data1
none         tmpfs     2029860       568   2029292   1% /tmp
none         tmpfs     2029860         0   2029860   0% /lib/bootchart/tmpfs

Regards
Sid.

Quoted 207 lines · Sid Boyce

The laptop with Model: 15.104.2 "AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58"
is also at 11.4 RC1, no problem after the reboot.
sepulot:~ # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/net total 48280
drwxr-xr-x 43 root root 4096 Feb 26 03:02 ./
drwxr-xr-x 61 root root 4096 Feb 26 03:03 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 665983 Feb 26 03:02 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 635335 Feb 26 03:02 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 560068 Feb 26 03:02 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410065 Feb 26 03:02 8390.ko

etc.
Regards
Sid.

Quoted 189 lines · Sid Boyce

This problem has showed up again in 2.6.38-rc6-git5 and openSUSE 11.4 RC1. The previous kernel 2.6.38-rc6-git2 was OK.
The modules are OK before a reboot, after a reboot all modules are zero bytes long. I'm building 2.6.38-rc6-git6 to see if that suffers the same problem, e.g.

# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git5/kernel/drivers/net|less
total 3652
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 00:10 ../
(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 00:10 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 00:10 benet/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 00:10 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 00:10 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 00:10 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 00:10 dummy.ko

Asus Crosshair III Motherboard, Phenom II X4 and 8G of memory. I have seen the same problem on another Asus box ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Athlon 64X2 6000+, 6G of memory. slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/net|less total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89335 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38119 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57751 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16304 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46020 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32751 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19580 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45240 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101219 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9346 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67407 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74672 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22436 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26692 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24494 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35267 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30334 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7527 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54097 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33518 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

slipstream:/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc6-git6 # l /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-git6-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ total 1440
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 108 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8239 Feb 26 01:04 aircable.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17764 Feb 26 01:04 ark3116.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17138 Feb 26 01:04 belkin_sa.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18969 Feb 26 01:04 ch341.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30341 Feb 26 01:04 cp210x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20317 Feb 26 01:05 cyberjack.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38456 Feb 26 01:05 cypress_m8.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31567 Feb 26 01:05 digi_acceleport.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7316 Feb 26 01:05 empeg.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103261 Feb 26 01:05 ftdi_sio.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5650 Feb 26 01:05 funsoft.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32346 Feb 26 01:05 garmin_gps.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5585 Feb 26 01:05 hp4x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82198 Feb 26 01:05 io_edgeport.ko

All good and ready for a reboot as was 2.6.38-rc6-git5.

After reboot, 2.6.36-rc6-git6
===============================
total 3184
drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Feb 26 01:05 ../

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 3c59x.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8139cp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8139too.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 8390.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 acenic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 amd8111e.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 appletalk/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1c/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 atl1e/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Feb 26 01:04 atlx/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 atp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 b44.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 benet/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 bnx2x/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 23 Feb 26 01:04 bonding/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 bsd_comp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 cassini.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20 Feb 26 01:04 chelsio/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 cnic.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 cxgb3/

(quoted diff) +0 -6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 de600.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 de620.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 defxx.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dl2k.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dnet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 dummy.ko

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Feb 26 01:04 e1000/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22 Feb 26 01:04 e1000e/

(quoted diff) +0 -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 e100.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 26 01:04 enc28j60.ko

Regards
Sid.

Quoted 46 lines · Sid Boyce

openSUSE 11.3 on one box and openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 on the other. I have a message that says the built modules not found. When I check e.g /lib/modules/2.7.37-rc3-git7-smp, most modules are zero bytes long. I have to "make modules_install" and use modprobe on each. To get the network up on the 11.3 box "modprobe r6189" then "rcnetwork restart", "modprobe rtl8187", "/etc/init.d/network-remotefs start", etc., etc.
Then ifconfig is OK for those devices.
eth_s1_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:F0:BB:14:E1
inet addr:192.168.10.10 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:febb:14e1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1923 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:287532 (280.7 Kb) TX bytes:283044 (276.4 Kb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:23:04:37
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fe23:437/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4324 (4.2 Kb) TX bytes:18470 (18.0 Kb)

On 11.3 module-init-tools-3.12-1.3.x86_64
On 11.4 Milestone 4 module-init-tools-3.12-5.3.x86_64

tindog:/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-rc3-git7 # grep MODULE .config CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y

Another guy has emailed me saying he's seen the same.
11.3
====
gcc version 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292] (SUSE Linux) 11.4 Milestone 4
================
gcc version 4.5.1 20101116 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 166793] (SUSE Linux) Regards
Sid.

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