From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rover.gag.com (rover.gag.com [192.133.104.32]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BCF482A for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:31:12 -0700 (MST) To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] DSL on a 715/80 with rp-pppoe References: <20020101233834.GA2872@sleepie.demon.co.uk> From: Bdale Garbee Date: 02 Jan 2002 10:29:08 -0700 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <878zbg64rf.fsf@rover.gag.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: peter@petescaff.com (Peter Mottram) writes: > The 2.4.9 Debian kernal package had hotplug disabled but the 2.4.16 > package has it enabled. After a quick apt-get install of hotplug I have a > happy system again. I have filed a bug report to Debian on the kernel > package requesting a dependency on hotplug. This is obviously not the real > fix that is needed, but it would at least prevent this kind of problem for > anyone else. Nah, that's the wrong answer. The kernel shouldn't crater if hotplug isn't present. Slapping another dependency on the kernel image packages would mask the problem instead of fixing it, so I'm uninclined to implement this request. Better someone track down and fix what's actually blowing up in the kernel, I think. Bdale