[svlug] Bug Report

[Karl F. Larsen]

Thank you. In the 2.2 kernel there were no dependancies. In fact this is
the first time I have heard of such a thing.

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Felipe Leme wrote:

> I hope "Mr. Torvalds" email filters had trashed your question out :-)
>
> This is normally a dependency error, i.e., you have to insert other
> module before that one:
>
> [root at host1-117 /root]# insmod ide-scsi
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> scsi_unregister_module_R81d85a75
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> scsi_register_R74f22e9f
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> scsi_register_module_Rfa20b7b0
>
> [root at host1-117 /root]# grep ide-scsi /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/modules.dep
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o:
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
>
> [root at host1-117 /root]# insmod scsi_mod
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
>
> [root at host1-117 /root]# insmod ide-scsi
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o
>
> [root at host1-117 /root]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
>
>
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>
> > 	I found a bug while stting up Red Hat 7.1 which I'm pretty sure is
> > a kernel bug but want to be sure. When I tried to set up the ide-scsi
> > module it failed. Here is what I wrote to Mr. Torvalds:
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr. L. Torvalds:
> >
> > 	I have just set up Red Hat version 7.1 and it uses kernel 2.4.2-2
> > and it was compiled by Red Hat. I was setting up to use my ide cd-rom burner
> > and wanted to just test that the kernel driver ide-scsi.o is working ok. I
> > used the simple call:
> >
> > # insmod ide-scsi
> >
> > and below is what insmod printed out about trying to load ide-scsi.
> >
> >
> > [root at localhost /root]# insmod ide-scsi
> > Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> > scsi_unregister_module_R81d85a75
> > /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> > scsi_register_R74f22e9f
> > /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o: unresolved symbol
> > scsi_register_module_Rfa20b7b0
> > [root at localhost /root]#
> >
> > 	As you can see there appear to be unresolved symbols that I have no
> > knowlege of. And the ide-scsi driver is not mounted. You can test this just
> > as I did on any computer using this kernel. The ide-scsi works fine with
> > kernels of the 2.2.x type.
> >
> > 	If any of you are running a 2.4.x kernel please just a simple test
> > on your computer. As root type 'insmod ide-scsi' and if it loads let me
> > know what your using. It won't do any damage to your linux. Thanks!
> >
>
>
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