loading modules

[Magnus Damm]

This might be related to a powerpc-specific bug in the busybox
insmod implementation. Try the 0.60.4 release or use this patch:

http://opensource.se/projects/busybox/busybox-0.60.3-insmod_rewrite.patch

/ magnus

stefania magistrali wrote:
>
> Hi all!
> I am working with a PowerPC 860T based board.
> I have a problem with loading modules: I made:
>
> make dep make clean make zImage  make modules  and make modules_install
>
> to create my kernel and modules  , but when I try to load the module
> hdlc.o with insmod, I have a segmentation fault. I am using busybox
> version 0.60.3  and linux version 2.4.19pre6. Here I send the last part
> of the strace sequence of the command "insmod  hdlc"
> Can anyone help me?
> Thanks very much in advance!
> Stefania
>
> query_module(NULL, 0, NULL, 0)          = 0
> query_module(NULL, QM_MODULES, { /* 0 entries */ }, 0) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x30033000
> query_module(NULL, QM_SYMBOLS, 0x30032e08, 16384, 21866) = -1 ENOSPC (No
> space left on device)
> mmap(NULL, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x30037000
> query_module(NULL, QM_SYMBOLS, { /* 961 entries */ }, 961) = 0
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
>

** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/