Yup. It fixed the problem. Right now I'm running the new kernel. Thanks.
[adam@pepsi adam]$ uname -a
Linux pepsi 2.4.0-test7-pre2 #15 SMP Sat Aug 12 21:42:21 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
It has no modules enabled at all.
The only other problem (so far) was that I had to turn off umdos as it is
broken,but that's a known problem.
> ADAM Sulmicki writes:
> > this message is repeated ad-inifintum. forcing pressing reset button.
> > doing s/printk/panic/ and recompile shows that the last things shown
> > before this is:
>
> Please test the following patch - it should fix this problem. Let
> me know if it does.
>
> diff -urN linux-orig/net/irda/af_irda.c linux/net/irda/af_irda.c
> --- linux-orig/net/irda/af_irda.c Thu Apr 27 20:51:43 2000
> +++ linux/net/irda/af_irda.c Sat Jul 29 17:10:37 2000
> @@ -2157,14 +2157,14 @@
> */
> void __init irda_proto_init(struct net_proto *pro)
> {
> + MESSAGE("IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.3 (Dag Brattli)\n");
> +
> sock_register(&irda_family_ops);
>
> irda_packet_type.type = htons(ETH_P_IRDA);
> - dev_add_pack(&irda_packet_type);
> + dev_add_pack(&irda_packet_type);
>
> register_netdevice_notifier(&irda_dev_notifier);
> -
> - irda_init();
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -2173,17 +2173,12 @@
> * Remove IrDA protocol layer
> *
> */
> -#ifdef MODULE
> -void irda_proto_cleanup(void)
> +void __exit irda_proto_cleanup(void)
> {
> irda_packet_type.type = htons(ETH_P_IRDA);
> - dev_remove_pack(&irda_packet_type);
> + dev_remove_pack(&irda_packet_type);
> +
> + unregister_netdevice_notifier(&irda_dev_notifier);
>
> - unregister_netdevice_notifier(&irda_dev_notifier);
> -
> sock_unregister(PF_IRDA);
> - irda_cleanup();
> -
> - return;
> }
> -#endif /* MODULE */
> diff -urN linux-orig/net/irda/irmod.c linux/net/irda/irmod.c
> --- linux-orig/net/irda/irmod.c Sat Jul 15 00:10:40 2000
> +++ linux/net/irda/irmod.c Sat Jul 29 17:11:05 2000
> @@ -206,10 +206,11 @@
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(irtty_set_packet_mode);
> #endif
>
> -int __init irda_init(void)
> +static int __init irda_init(void)
> {
> - MESSAGE("IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.3 (Dag Brattli)\n");
> -
> +#ifdef MODULE
> + irda_proto_init(NULL); /* Called by net/socket.c when non-modular */
> +#endif
> irlmp_init();
> irlap_init();
>
> @@ -256,9 +257,10 @@
> return 0;
> }
>
> -#ifdef MODULE
> -void irda_cleanup(void)
> +static void __exit irda_cleanup(void)
> {
> + irda_proto_cleanup();
> +
> misc_deregister(&irda.dev);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> @@ -279,7 +281,6 @@
> /* Remove middle layer */
> irlmp_cleanup();
> }
> -#endif /* MODULE */
>
> /*
> * Function irda_unlock (lock)
> @@ -540,33 +541,9 @@
> #endif /* MODULE */
> }
>
> -#ifdef MODULE
> -
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no>");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("The Linux IrDA Protocol Subsystem");
> MODULE_PARM(irda_debug, "1l");
>
> -/*
> - * Function init_module (void)
> - *
> - * Initialize the irda module
> - *
> - */
> -int init_module(void)
> -{
> - irda_proto_init(NULL);
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Function cleanup_module (void)
> - *
> - * Cleanup the irda module
> - *
> - */
> -void cleanup_module(void)
> -{
> - irda_proto_cleanup();
> -}
> -#endif /* MODULE */
> +module_init(irda_init);
> +module_exit(irda_cleanup);
>
>
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> | +-+-+ --- -+-
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>
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