With the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf.local: options bcm43xx fwpostfix = ".fw3" locale=8
the kernel oops below is generated. I realize that the line should have no whitespace around the "=", but I do not feel that an oops is the best way to report the syntax error. Could there be a more gentle failure?
This is an x86_64 system running 2.6.16-rc5 from Linville's wireless-2.6 tree. The "dirty" refers to patches for the bcm43xx driver that are under test.
Larry kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP: kernel: [<ffffffff80242b76>] param_set_copystring+0x15/0x4b kernel: PGD 3ce82067 PUD 34b0c067 PMD 0 kernel: Oops: 0000 [1] SMP kernel: CPU 0 kernel: Modules linked in: af_packet snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device cpufreq_conservative cpuf req_ondemand cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 freq_table button battery ac loop snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm snd_t imer snd ohci1394 soundcore snd_page_alloc ieee1394 ide_cd cdrom ehci_hcd ohci_hcd sdhci mmc_core usbcore forcedeth i2c_nforce2 firmware _class ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt ext3 mbcache jbd sg edd fan sata_nv libata amd74xx thermal processor sd_mod scsi_mod i de_disk ide_core kernel: Pid: 4325, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.21-rc5-L2.6-gae6ff7a1-dirty #5 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80242b76>] [<ffffffff80242b76>] param_set_copystring+0x15/0x4b kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81003dee3dd8 EFLAGS: 00010286 kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff810053736c7a RCX: ffffffffffffffff kernel: RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: ffffffff882fee68 RDI: 0000000000000000 kernel: RBP: ffff81003dee3dd8 R08: ffffffff88307ea0 R09: 0000000000000000 kernel: R10: 0000000000000006 R11: ffffffff88307e88 R12: 0000000000000028 kernel: R13: ffff810053736c70 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffff88308098 kernel: FS: 00002ae7eb6246f0(0000) GS:ffffffff80505000(0000) knlGS:00000000f70686d0 kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000036ff8000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 kernel: Process modprobe (pid: 4325, threadinfo ffff81003dee2000, task ffff810035d31140) kernel: Stack: ffff81003dee3e38 ffffffff802430ff ffffffff88308080 0000000000000000 kernel: 00000007003b74d8 ffffffff882fed78 0000000000000202 ffffc200003b77d8 kernel: 0000000000000028 ffffffff88308080 ffffffff88304c78 ffffc200003b7498 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [<ffffffff802430ff>] parse_args+0x139/0x216 kernel: [<ffffffff80253a2f>] sys_init_module+0x1376/0x1744 kernel: [<ffffffff802446f3>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38 kernel: [<ffffffff80350d5a>] device_remove_file+0x0/0x33 kernel: [<ffffffff803d44bc>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x37 kernel: [<ffffffff80209fae>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 kernel: kernel: Code: f2 ae 89 d0 48 f7 d1 48 39 c1 76 1a 48 8b 36 ff ca 48 c7 c7 kernel: RIP [<ffffffff80242b76>] param_set_copystring+0x15/0x4b kernel: RSP <ffff81003dee3dd8> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
