Re: Linux 2.6.29-rc6

[Jesper Krogh]

David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 19:31 +0000, Jesper Krogh wrote:
> > 1) pick the distro .config
> > 2) make oldconfig
>
> So it should have been a module, not built-in?

It is a module.. and it somehow gets auto-loaded on my system. (not 
listed in /etc/modules).

$ grep -i ck804xrom /boot/config-2.6.29-rc6
CONFIG_MTD_CK804XROM=m

Same in the distro .config
$ grep -i ck804xrom /boot/config-2.6.24-23-server
CONFIG_MTD_CK804XROM=m


> > 3) Let the kernel load what it think it needs.
>
> That part at least ought to be disabled -- we don't let this driver
> autoload, because unless you _know_ you need it, you don't need it.
>
> It's for overwriting your BIOS.

Oh. Thanks for your time... I'll just make sure to disable it from now on.

--
Jesper

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