Re: Newbie: ENBD on kernel 2.6 - kernel crash!

"Peter T. Breuer" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.enbd.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> OK. After recompiling according to instructions, I still get the same 
> kernel error when 'insmod'ing enbd.ko:

What's the error?

> Any more ideas? Should I try 2.6.10 or 2.6.11 kernel?

What do you mean "any more"? You only just stated the problem!

> [root@rolandpj-box0 nbd-2.4.32]# insmod /tmp/enbd.ko
> Segmentation fault

This is a kernel oops. Reboot.

> k Device 2.4.30 $Date: 2002/09/17 16:33:22 $ by [email protected]
> May 17 11:29:24 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer 
> dereferen ce at virtual address 000003fe

Print the oops ...

> May 17 11:29:24 localhost kernel: EIP:    0060:[<0224694b>]    Tainted: GF  VLI

I probably can't debug a tainted kernel.  You'll have to reboot and not
load the tainting driver.

> May 17 11:29:24 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010212   (2.6.9-1.667)
> May 17 11:29:24 localhost kernel: EIP is at blk_queue_max_sectors+0x2c/0x3d

Well, it's apparently not in my code.

> May 17 11:29:24 localhost kernel:  [<821101a6>] init_module+0x1a6/0xc7c [enbd]

Oh? Well, init oopsed. Half way through. Scatter some printk's through
the routine and it should become clear where.

Peter
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