Re: 1.3.66/Alpha module problems.

David Mosberger-Tang (davidm@AZStarNet.com)
Sun, 18 Feb 1996 14:45:26 -0700

>>>>> On Sun, 18 Feb 1996 16:12:44 +0100 (MET), Mikael Nykvist <viper@ludd.luth.se> said:

Mikael> Both versions, with and without Davids patch (which adds -dc
Mikael> to the modflags), in fact, his patch doesn't seem to make
Mikael> any differance at all.. :-)

Just because -dc isn't necessary for some modules doesn't mean it's
not needed in general. Try the sound driver, for example. insmod
will not like it without -dc.

Mikael> Modules that are missing memcpy: floppy.o, nfs.o
Mikael> fat.o misses: strtok, strchr

Ok, i fixed these. I thought gcc generates references to
__memcpy/__memset, but instead it calls memcpy/memset. This means
there is a bug someplace since the kernel symbols exported in
arch/alpha/ksyms.c do not get versioned. Or is that the point of the
arch-dependent ksyms.c? I'd love to know.

Mikael> Oh, and I also noticed that haveing DISCONNECT enabled was
Mikael> 'suicide'.. Maybe haveing an ifndef __alpha__ around that
Mikael> option should be a good thing? After haveing disabling
Mikael> DISCONNECT, and using 10Mhz syncron , the syetsm runs just
Mikael> fine! :-)

It depends on your configuration. People with tapes don't like
turning DISCONNECT off. The right fix is to get DISCONNECT working.

--david



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