Re: 2.6.1-mm4

[Andrew Morton]

"J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 
> On 01.18, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 01.16, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >  > 
> > >  > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.1/2.6.1-mm4/
> > >  > 
> > >  > 
> > > 
> > >  Net driver problem:
> > > 
> > >  werewolf:/etc# modprobe --verbose 3c59x
> > >  insmod /lib/modules/2.6.1-jam4/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko 
> > >  FATAL: Error inserting 3c59x (/lib/modules/2.6.1-jam4/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko): Invalid argument
> > 
> > hmm, cute.
> > 
> 
> Yes.
> It worked. 
> I thought of this, but why this and not the other parameters ? Compiler bug ?

Presumably, recent gcc's remove the variable altogether and just expand the
constant inline.  When the central module code checks for the parameter's
existence in the module's symbol table it errors out.

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