[BusyBox-cvs] [BusyBox 0000276]: Linux 2.6 module autoloading breaks when support for 2.4 modules is disabled

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A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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<http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=276> 
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Reported By:                Larhzu
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   276
Category:                   Kernel Module Support
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             06-02-2005 08:30 PDT
Last Modified:              06-22-2005 01:59 PDT
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Summary:                    Linux 2.6 module autoloading breaks when support for
2.4 modules is disabled
Description: 
When Linux needs a new module, the kernel calls
    /sbin/modprobe -q -- foobar
which calls:
    /sbin/insmod -q /lib/modules/2.6.x.y/.../foobar.ko

When BusyBox is configured to support only 2.6 kernels, insmod doesn't
support option -q but modprobe still calls insmod with -q. Because of
this, Linux 2.6 cannot automatically load any modules unless also support
for Linux 2.4 modules is compiled into BusyBox.
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 Larhzu - 06-22-05 01:59 
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The patch in 0000278 fixes this bug. Thanks to jean2 for the patch.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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06-02-05 08:30 Larhzu         New Issue                                    
06-22-05 01:59 Larhzu         Note Added: 0000254                          
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