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Re: 2.6.1-mm4

To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 2.6.1-mm4
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:17:08 -0800
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20040118081128.GA3153@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"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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