Re: can't build IDE as modules in BK 2.5.69

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Tue, 13 May 2003 14:55:23 +1000


In message <16064.27148.819310.962984@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> you write:
>
> With the 2.5 bk linux as of 2003.05.13, and config options below,
> modutils seems to go into a seemingly infinite loop when trying to
> buld modules.dep on the resulting module set (and creates an extremely
> large modules.dep file -- 95M before the filesystem filled up)

Grrr... I thought that was fixed. What version of depmod you using
(depmod -V).

Real problem is actual dependency loop in IDE modules, but depmod
should just report that and ignore the modules involved.

> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.ko
> ignored, due to loop
> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko
> ignored, due to loop
> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel/drivers/ide/ide.ko ignored,
> due to loop
> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.ko
> ignored, due to loop
> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.5.69/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-probe.ko
> ignored, due to loop

Thanks for the report,
Rusty.

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