On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 09:33:09PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:09:02PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> >
> > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-486
> > Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-1
> >
> > Hi,
> > i am using the cyclades multiserial driver. There seems to be a bug in
> > the error path on loading the driver. The cyclades Hardware consists of
> > the PCI card and an external serial box. If the serial box is not
> > connected the driver recognizes this and bails out. Unloading
> > and reloading the module fails in this case with the below error
> > message:
>
> Is this issue still reproducible with current kernels? If so, could
> you report this upstream at bugzilla.kernel.org?
I have no machine with newer kernels - need to check - i have just
checkd the git log on cyclades.c and it seems this commit may have fixed
it by rewriting large parts of the module/device init code:
commit 3137553d3f78f12a077459ee59e4b17f8db9f0cf
Author: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Date: Tue May 8 00:37:04 2007 -0700
Char: cyclades, probe cleanup
- add fail paths
- merge 3 similar initializations into one (Z, Ze, Y)
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
I'll try to reproduce the bug on Monday ...
Flo
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