Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 05:09:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 05:09:45 -0400 Received: from [210.82.190.10] ([210.82.190.10]:28169 "HELO mx.linux.net.cn") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 05:09:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:48:00 +0800 From: Fang Han To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: RFC: modules and 2.5 Message-ID: <20010703154759.A1409@dfbbb.cn.mvd> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3B415489.77425364@mandrakesoft.com> <20010703075050.B15457@dev.sportingbet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010703075050.B15457@dev.sportingbet.com>; from sean@dev.sportingbet.com on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 07:50:50AM +0100 Organization: None X-Attribution: dfbb Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > If you build the drivers in, but forget to comment out the initrd line in > /etc/lilo.conf, the machine panics because it tries to load the module for > something that is already a builtin. > The only way to solve it smothly need to modify the bootloader, When the bootloader like lilo or grub ( it is more powerful ) can read the module from the root partition directly. Your problem will be sloved. BTW: Is there any system or tools can patch kernel in binary level, It means that user doesn't need download the whole kernel RPM or TGZ, It just need an patch to patch the current kernel's binary. I think it is useful for novice & end user. Regards dfbb - 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/