Re: BUG FIX modules problems

Greg Zornetzer (gaz@andrew.cmu.edu)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 14:35:41 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Richard Hirst wrote:

> Hi,
> This patch fixes the problems people have been seeing when trying to
> load modules in 2.1.1xx kernels. The problem is that the MMU ATC entries
> don't get flushed on the switch to modprobe. I don't think this is an
> m68k specific problem - there have been similar problems reported on
> linux-kernel. I am not sure this patch is in the best place, but it is
> effective.
>
> Richard.
[patch snipped]

Hi Richard,

Which set of problems with kmod was this supposed to fix? Only because
the "Error -512" problems were the only ones that I had heard about on
any arch. These were caused by unblocked signals causing the wait to
terminate prematurely. I posted a fix for this a week back.

Greg Zornetzer - gaz+@andrew.cmu.edu
"Light shines brightest in the darkest night"
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gaz

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