42172 – devfsd fills modprobe.devfs and modules.devfs with nonsense, fails to load/unload modules

Bug 42172 - devfsd fills modprobe.devfs and modules.devfs with nonsense, fails to load/unload modules

Summary: devfsd fills modprobe.devfs and modules.devfs with nonsense, fails to load/un...

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2004-02-19 12:32 UTC by Dan
Modified:	2004-10-03 02:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Dan 2004-02-19 12:32:40 UTC

After upgrading a number of things (including devfs) and kernel to 2.6.3 (also exhibited in 2.6.1 and 2.6.2), devfsd fills modprobe.devfs with C code, each line prepended with ``+''. e.g. +                    LM_WritePhy(pDevice, BCM540X_DSP_RW_PORT, 0x0a20); . Code is fragmented and incomplete. Consequently, devfsd fails to load due to invalid character '+' in config file. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Using current devfsd
2. Using 2.6 
3. Reboot

Actual Results:  
Devfsd complains on boot up and shutdown of invalid character '+' in config
file. If I move old config file, new one is automatically generated, with same
effect. Devfsd fails to load modules on boot but boot continues otherwise
successfuly; shutdown appears to hang. 

Expected Results:  
Devfsd should have loaded and unloaded modules successfully.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-10-03 02:13:15 UTC

please try latest devfs/module-init-tools/kernel