From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: some minor issues with 2.6.25-rc6-git7-default Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:04:10 -0700 Message-ID: <47EABA4A.6030705@oracle.com> References: <213384793@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:49259 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755847AbYCZVHK (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:07:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <213384793@web.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: devzero@web.de Cc: Andrew Morton , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, david-b@pacbell.net, greg@kroah.com, lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" devzero@web.de wrote: >> Can you post the full kernel log up to this BUG? >> It should show that causes the Taint. > > oh - yes: > > Mar 23 09:12:20 opensuse103 kernel: ac97_codec: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. > > modinfo ac97_codec > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.25-rc6-git7-default/kernel/sound/oss/ac97_codec.ko > srcversion: 8665939D5E471F7E331BB3E > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.25-rc6-git7-default SMP mod_unload 586 > > > seems MODULE_LICENSE is missing in ./sound/oss/ac97_codec.c !? It was recently removed for some reason. I get the impression that you (we) should be using ALSA drivers/codecs instead of the OSS ones that in the process of being removed. >>>>> CCing Dave Brownell. >>>>> >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: Generic RTC Driver v1.07 >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: proc_dir_entry 'rtc' already registered >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: Pid: 3994, comm: modprobe Tainted: P 2.6.25-rc6-git7-default #1 >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] proc_register+0xf3/0x11f >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] create_proc_entry+0x69/0x7b >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] rtc_generic_init+0x2d/0x54 [genrtc] >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] sys_init_module+0x16b6/0x17c9 >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] sys_mmap2+0x62/0x77 >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: [] sysenter_past_esp+0x6d/0xa9 >>>>>> Mar 23 09:14:23 opensuse103 kernel: ======================= >>>> uh, "known problem": multiple rtc drivers are being run. >>>> >>>> I don't really understand why we haven't been able to fix this - there have >>>> been numerous reports.. >>> i will take a closer look to determine how/when this happens. >> I thought that David B. sent a (Kconfig ?) patch for this... >> >> --- >> ~Randy > > do you mean this one ? > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=55ff1aba940ff46d4f6d4fd790ea3e1a47aaa84f > > ok, it may be sort of "dumb" to blindly load one module after the other but i would expect a more meaningful message. No, I meant something else, but I can't find it just now. -- ~Randy