Re: [VM/MEMORY-SICKNESS] 2.4.15-pre7 kmem_cache_create invalid opcode

Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
21 Nov 2001 08:47:00 +0200


jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org (Jeff V. Merkey) wrote on 21.11.01 in <20011121003304.A683@vger.timpanogas.org>:

> download pre7, apply my patch, and do the build. I went back
> over how I did the build, and this is the result of the build
> if you have unpacked, patched, then run "make oldconfig." If I
> do a "make dep" then this problem does not occur, and the build

Isn't that exactly the FAQ Keith points out every other day or so (usually
because of a modprobe "symbol not found"), one of the design bugs that
kbuild 2.5 fixes (i.e., the kernel does not notice when it needs to make
dep, so kbuild 2.5 handles dependencies differently)?

MfG Kai
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