Re: dependance loop on 2.6.14-rc1-mm1

Tom Rini
2005-09-17T15:48:56Z

On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 12:51:38PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 01:40:54PM +0200, trem wrote:
> > I've tried to compile a 2.6.14-rc1-mm1 on my amd64. When I do the make
> > modules_install,
> > I have this warning:
> >
> > WARNING: Loop detected:
> > /lib/modules/2.6.14-rc1-mm1/kernel/drivers/serial/8250.ko needs
> > serial_core.ko which needs 8250.ko again!
>
> This looks suspicious. 8250 should need serial_core, but there's no
> way in hell serial_core should require 8250.
>
> Seems to be caused by the kgdb patches, which add the following to
> serial_core:
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB
> + {
> + extern int kgdb_irq;
> +
> + if (port->irq == kgdb_irq)
> + return;
> + }
> +#endif
> +
>
> and kgdb_irq comes from the 8250 module.
>
> Tom, can this dependency be solved before kgdb goes near mainline
> please?

My KGDB isn't in -mm yet, that comes from George Anzginer's version.
This is a non-issue in mine, it really just adds yet another/different
release function.

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Tom Rini