Re: depmod detects loop (dst / dts_ca)

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On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Manu Abraham wrote:
> Trent Piepho wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Manu Abraham wrote:
> >> Martin Dauskardt wrote:
> >>> during depmod after install of hg from today, I got this error:
> >>>
> >>> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.6/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.ko ignored, due to loop
> >>> WARNING: Loop detected: /lib/modules/2.6.17.6/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst.ko needs dst_ca.ko which needs dst.ko again!
> >>> WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.6/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst.ko ignored, due to loop
> >>>
> >> Urgh! thanks for pointing it out.
> >
> > Since dst_ca needs dst, and dst needs dst_ca, maybe it would make the most sense
> > to just link them into the same module.
>
>
> Nope. In that case all the frontends have a lot of common functionality,
> why don't we make a common frontend.ko for all devices ? ;-)

All front-ends do not use symbols from each other.  It is possible to load
one front-end without loading another front-end.  It is not possible to
load dst without loading dst_ca and vice versa.

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