Re: depmod oopses + workaround patch

todd roy (tmr@holstein.com)
Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:27:38 -0500


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> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 22:31:33 -0500
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> On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 15:10:07 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
>
> > I think it was Edouard Parmelan who noticed first, but I have
> > verified that all reported oopsing in depmod is due to broken
> > binutils.
> >
> > Please make sure you are using 2.7.0.4 or later. The patch
> > below is no substitute for fixing the actual bug. I believe
> > HJ has 2.7.0.8 on tsx-11 now, so if in doubt get it.
> >
> >
> > [patch omitted]
> >
>
> I am using 2.7.0.3 and have never gotten an oops, eventhough I've built 11
> different 2.1.25 kernels. Am I just lucky or is there something else going on?
>
>

This just in: the objdump included with binutils-2.7.0.9 doesn't appear to
recognize the -k option.