On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 02:14:54PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492
>
> Summary: Zip drive parallel-port driver causes segfault in 2.5.x
> Kernel Version: 2.5.x
> Status: NEW
> Severity: high
> Owner: andmike@us.ibm.com
> Submitter: wa1ter@myrealbox.com
>
>
> Problem Description: ppa module doesn't work properly and, if compiled into
> kernel it causes a kernel panic at boot.
> Steps to reproduce:compile ppa.ko as a module and modprobe ppa:
>
> Error messages include 'scheduling while atomic' and 'oops: 0004 [#2]'
> and 'unable to handle kernel paging request' and 'modprobe exited with
> preempt_count 1'.
>
> This same problem has existed at least since kernel 2.5.49 when I
> started trying the 2.5 series, and I suspect that ppa has never
> worked with 2.5 kernels, but I don't know for sure. The driver
> works fine with 2.4 kernels.
>
> Note: it is NOT necessary to have a parallel Zip drive to test this
> kernel module. The ppa module should load without error even with no
> Zip drive connected!
Just compiled ppa and insmod'ed. No problems. [2.5.65, no such Zip drive]
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