From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: "problem" with mdacon Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:08:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <112492815@web.de> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGY2F-0005eG-K7 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:08:19 -0800 Received: from ananke.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.78]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1JGY2E-0000Ot-4i for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:08:19 -0800 In-Reply-To: <112492815@web.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: devzero@web.de Cc: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , Linux Kernel Development , mj@ucw.cz Hi Roland, On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, devzero@web.de wrote: > sorry for contacting directly, but i was unsure about what list is best to ask questions for console specific stuff. > maybe linux-fbdev or linuxconsole-dev ? the latter looks dead - there is nothing but spam in the recent archive... I'd use linux-fbdev-devel and cc to lkml (already added). > ok - my "problem" (not being a real one, but not sure if this is a bug) > > if i do "modprobe mdacon" (without any options) the system console output freezes and takes no more keyboard input (no vt switching, too) > this happens on any real hardware and also in vmware. > > looks weird to me - is this expected behaviour ? > > i would have expected some "no such device or adress". > > found this by chance by some module load/unload stresstesting and there are not many modules which break my system when loading/unloading - mdacon is one of the very few... > > would be nice to get a comment about this. I think it should just complain with `mdacon: MDA card not detected.', if no MDA card is present. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/