Hi, I had some time today to try again an upgrade of my AlphaStation 500 to "linux-image-2.6.38-2-alpha-generic". I got again an error on loading the xfs.ko module from initrd (I typed it manually from the boot screen to this mail *g*):
Module xfs: Relocation (type4) overflow vs _xfs_buf_find FATAL: Error inserting xfs (/lib/modules/2.6.38-2-alpha-generic/.../xfs.ko): Invalid module format All other modules before (like SCSI QLA1040 and SATA SiI3114, Tulip Ethernet,... load successfully). The last kernel that works is (as written below): 2.6.31-1-alpha-generic, all after 2.6.32 fail with the same error message (with some minor differences). I had to go back to the working kernel and of course prevent upgrading udev... Has anybody any idea what's wrong with the XFS module? My root file system on a SATA disk (not /boot) is XFS. Maybe its again a binutils bug. Uwe > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Schindler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:53 PM > To: 'Matt Turner' > Cc: 'Bob Tracy'; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: recent udev upgrade failure on alpha > > From: Matt Turner [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > My bigger problem is that recent kernels (even the stable one no > > > longer work for me). On mounting my root xfs filesystem it produces > > > a message about a wrong relocation format / some other linking > > > problem when loading the XFS .ko (the exact message is not known, > > > its somewhere in the screen buffer of the already rebooted with > > > older kernel machine, I can only remember what the problem was - > > > next time I try I will take a pen and write down the message on > > > console). This happens with the last stable kernel version, did not > > > test > > > 2.7.37-1 until now. > > > The last kernel that works for me is 2.6.31-1-alpha-generic. Does > > > anybody knows what the problem loading the XFS module is? > > > > > > Unstable is else still running fine! > > > > This is the first I've heard of XFS not working (though, I've never > > used > it > > myself). Have you reported this anywhere? > > > > Please mail [email protected] and the appropriate XFS > > mailing > list > > to try to get this fixed. > > This mail thread is already going to these mailing lists (linux- > [email protected]). > > I will try 2.6.27-1-alpha-generic ASAP and report if it is maybe solved, else I > will post the exact error message XFS kernel module is presenting (at least > it's not a problem of my installation, because 2.6.31 and previous works fine > with XFS since years on an 128 Gig disk). Is the UDEV problem gone with > 2.6.37 kernel, too? I think it's 2.6.33 that fixed it (from your previous mail on > this thread). > > Finally I still have to tell that Debian Unstable is still running very well with this > AlphaStation 500 with EV56! So I never understood why there was no Debian > release for Alpha anymore :( > > Uwe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
