Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:45:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:45:35 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:5386 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:45:34 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:56:34 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: LKML Cc: wa1ter@myrealbox.com, andmike@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: [Bug 492] New: Zip drive parallel-port driver causes segfault in 2.5.x Message-ID: <20030323225634.GA10164@win.tue.nl> References: <2070000.1048457694@[10.10.2.4]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2070000.1048457694@[10.10.2.4]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1440 Lines: 35 On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 02:14:54PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492 > > Summary: Zip drive parallel-port driver causes segfault in 2.5.x > Kernel Version: 2.5.x > Status: NEW > Severity: high > Owner: andmike@us.ibm.com > Submitter: wa1ter@myrealbox.com > > > Problem Description: ppa module doesn't work properly and, if compiled into > kernel it causes a kernel panic at boot. > Steps to reproduce:compile ppa.ko as a module and modprobe ppa: > > Error messages include 'scheduling while atomic' and 'oops: 0004 [#2]' > and 'unable to handle kernel paging request' and 'modprobe exited with > preempt_count 1'. > > This same problem has existed at least since kernel 2.5.49 when I > started trying the 2.5 series, and I suspect that ppa has never > worked with 2.5 kernels, but I don't know for sure. The driver > works fine with 2.4 kernels. > > Note: it is NOT necessary to have a parallel Zip drive to test this > kernel module. The ppa module should load without error even with no > Zip drive connected! Just compiled ppa and insmod'ed. No problems. [2.5.65, no such Zip drive] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/