Re: test version of 2.1.0 available

Michael Driscoll (fenris@lightspeed.net)
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:21:56 -0700

>Cannot load modules, pentium, ELF, gcc 2.7.2, libc.so.5.3.12, modules 2.0.0.
>
>sys_create_module on 2.0.21 returned addresses around x'01814000'. pre-2.1.0
>returns addresses around x'c1814000' which are treated as negative results
>and set the error flag. insmod thinks it got a large error number, which
>does not seem to map to the address in any sensible way. Might have to
>change syscalls that return kernel addresses to return the address in a
>parameter rather than return(addr).

Same problem here.

avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# modprobe floppy
create_module: Unknown error 1048395776
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# lsmod
Module: #pages: Used by:
floppy 11 (uninitialized)
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# modprobe floppy
A module named floppy already exists
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# rmmod floppy
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# modprobe fat
create_module: Unknown error 1048395776
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# rmmod fat
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs# /sbin/irqtune 2 9
irqtune: setting system IRQ priority to 2/9
irqtune: insmod failed on '/sbin/irqtune_mod.o'
avatar@ulfheim:/lib/modules/2.1.0/fs#

Also, just noticed that the error # is dependant on the number of modules
already loaded, in case that helps anyone...

Oh yes, and another thing about 2.1.0, the pentium-memcpy patch won't apply
(certainly not surprising, considering 2.1.0 changes so many of the files
concerning memory), though I didn't fiddle with it trying to get it to
apply to see if it still worked at all (thinking of how I could screw that
one up scares me :).
Mike Driscoll
<fenris@lightspeed.net>