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Subject: Re: Massive problems with 2.4.20 module loading
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Martin Loschwitz <madkiss@madkiss.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>,
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On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 08:49, Martin Loschwitz wrote:
> Hello Marcelo, hello world,
> 
> I'm having massive problems with Linux 2.4.20 and modul loading. In fact,
> it seems to have something to do with devfs. Everytime i try to load a
> module which is supposed to create something new in /dev, i get an Oops.
> I noticed that behaviour with vmware-module and now also with ALSA 
> 0.9.0rc6. Is there a fix available for this yet?

Linux 2,4.20 doesnt include vmware or ALSA. The fact you list those
modules alone suggests that the problem is that you haven't rebuilt them
for the new kernel


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