netdev - Re: 2.6.33 dies on modprobe

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:08:16 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33 dies on modprobe

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:07 PM, M G Berberich
> <berberic@....uni-passau.de> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Am Montag, den 01. März schrieb Américo Wang:
>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:12 AM, M G Berberich
>>> <berberic@....uni-passau.de> wrote:
>>
>>> > I tried to build a 2.6.33 kernel but on boot it dies on modprobe
>>> > (kernel-Oops). This might be the result of faulty config, but I'm
>>> > totaly clueless what's the fault.
>>> >
>>> > The kernel starts up fine and mounts the root-filesystem, but then
>>> > dies on the first modprobe executed. I can boot it with init=/bin/bash
>>> > and get a working bash (until I do modprobe on any module).
>>> >
>>> > System is a Gigabyte M55S-S3 rev 2.0 (nForce 550) with an AMD Athlon64
>>> > X2 5000+ and amd64-kernel architecture. kernel-sources are from
>>> > kernel.org.
>>
>>> It seems something is wrong with forcedeth code or PCI code.
>>> Adding some Cc's.
>>
>> I don't think it's forcedeth. forcedeth just happens to be the first
>> module that get's loaded in startup. It crashes with any other module
>> too (I tried ohci_hcd).
>>
>
> Ok, below is my patch, I am not sure it could fix the BUG for you,
> but it could fix the WARNING. But perhaps they are related.
>
> Please give it a try.
>

Oops! Ignore the patch, it should not be correct, I will send a
correct version soon.
Sorry.
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