Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Jurij Smakov wrote: > This bug was filed against 2.6.11 kernel from pre-initramfs era. In > kernels before .12 there was no reliable way to detect IDE controller > needed, so to be on the safe side all of them were loaded. ...by initrd-tools, not the ker

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:32:03AM -0700, Jurij Smakov wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > >reassign 308649 initrd-tools > >thanks > [..] > >>Wouldn't it make better sense to reassign the bugreport to the package > >>actually loading those modules, instead of closing it when

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: reassign 308649 initrd-tools thanks [..] Wouldn't it make better sense to reassign the bugreport to the package actually loading those modules, instead of closing it when the kernels switch ramfs generator default? Sorry, Jurij - I can of course j

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
reassign 308649 initrd-tools thanks On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:55:46 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Jurij Smakov wrote: > > > Since you've reported a problem with useless IDE modules being > > loaded on boot, kernels have switched to device detection using >

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Jurij Smakov wrote: > Since you've reported a problem with useless IDE modules being loaded > on boot, kernels have switched to device detection using sysfs. I > believe that with any recent kernel only the necessary driver modules > are going to be loaded.

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2006-04-27 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi Philipp, Since you've reported a problem with useless IDE modules being loaded on boot, kernels have switched to device detection using sysfs. I believe that with any recent kernel only the necessary driver modules are going to be loaded. It would be great if you could confirm that, so we

Bug#308649: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4

2005-05-11 Thread Philipp Kern
Subject: Useless modules loaded: confirmed on iBook G4 Followup-For: Bug #305212 Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-powerpc Version: 2.6.11-1 I get the same problem on an iBook G4. The modules are loaded and some other program, it's not the kernel, wants to unload those on boot, but this fails. Strange