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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Markus Dahms <mad@automagically.de>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: module loading on 64-bit kernel
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:48:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050719194842.GC2771@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050719183546.GA3923@gaspode.automagically.de>

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 08:35:46PM +0200, Markus Dahms wrote:

> do I need other module-init-tools for a 64-bit kernel than I need for
> 32-bit?
> When trying to load a module I get the following output:
> | insmod: error inserting \
> | '/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc3-mad-mips-1-64/kernel/fs/isofs/isofs.ko': -1 \
> | Cannot allocate memory
> 
> in dmesg:
> | allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc=<size> to increase \
> | size.
> 
> It happens with every module. If I'd need other tools these messages are
> confusing. I didn't try "vmalloc=..." as I think module loading wouldn't
> be "disabled" in such a way by default...
> 
> If I need special 64-bit module-init-tools, is there a way to build them
> without a 64-bit glibc as all of my userspace stuff is 32-bit?

You don't need. In fact the nice thing about module-init-tools is that
they're file format agnostic so didn't need any changes for MIPS porting.

  Ralf

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-19 19:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-19 18:35 module loading on 64-bit kernel Markus Dahms
2005-07-19 19:21 ` Thiemo Seufer
2005-07-19 22:30   ` Stephen P. Becker
2005-07-19 19:48 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]

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