Re: [next-20110214] Kernel-modules with unknown parameter

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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Sedat,
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:34:24 +0100 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:45:59 pm Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> >> >> Any idea what's going on? Stephen, Randy noticed the same like me?
>> >
>> > Dmitry broke module parameters with a "trivial" transform which turned out
>> > not to be.
>> >
>> > I wasn't paying enough attention, and let it through.
>> >
>> >> My damn brain can't understand - looking at the series file in [2] -
>> >> why the hell the "possible" patch [3] is not included in linux-next?
>> >
>> > There are markers in the series file, which indicate what goes into
>> > linux-next.
>>
>> Thanks for the explanations, it makes things seen from the
>> patch-management side a bit clearer.
>> Â( Not sure if the series files was modified in the meantime. )
>>
>> Here for documentation-purposes-only (partially extracted):
>>
>> [ http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/kernel/rr-latest/series ]
>>
>> # NEXT_PATCHES_START
>> # MM_PATCHES_START
>> # Trivial compilation fixes.
>>
>>
>> ## for-linus
>> virtio:virtio-net-add_schedule_check_to_napi_enable_call.patch
>> ## for-linus end
>> module:deal_with_alignment_issues_in_built_in_versions.patch
>> module:do_not_hide_modver_version_show_declaration_behind_ifdef.patch
>> virtio:blk_allow_re_reading_config_space_at_runtime.patch
>> # MM_PATCHES_END
>> # NEXT_PATCHES_END
>>
>> [ / http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/kernel/rr-latest/series ]
>
> That is how it looks today. ÂYesterday, the patch
> module:deal_with_alignment_issues_in_built_in_parameters.patch
> was also included and that is what caused the problem.
>
>> Looks to me, the FIXUP patch marked with ***** was not really applied
>> to linux-next?
>
> No, instead the breaking patch (above) was removed from Rusty's
> linux-next series today.
>
>> Also, this fixup patch is no more in Rusty's series file.
>> Is that all correct now?
>
> Rusty has a new version of the above patch which includes the fix (I
> assume) but it is not included in linux-next today.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell          Âsfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
>

Hmm, would be nice to have a clarification or a confirmation after
compilation and kernel-modules are loaded correctly on i386 (amd64)
arch(s).

- Sedat -
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