Re: A module bug in 2.2.1?
H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:00:01 -0800 (PST)
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I made unix domain socket as a module in 2.2.1. When I booted up, I
> >got so many
> >
> >insmod: a module named /lib/modules/2.2.1/misc/unix already exists
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
> kmod in the kernel is trying to demand load unix domain sockets with
> 'modprobe -s -k unix'. modprobe gets some error. Because modprobe
> was given "-s", it calls syslog to record the error. syslog tries to
> use a unix domain socket, causing the kernel to again 'modprobe -s -k unix'
> again, continuing the recursive cycle.
But it works just fine on linux 2.1.131 and 2.1.132. I think linux
2.2.0 is ok also. I will double check on 2.2.0.
>
> I am not sure why you are getting an error in the first place though,
> especially that error. Do you perhaps have a custom module of your own
> named "unix"?
>
No.
H.J.
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