I would say you should report the problem to SUSE, and have them issue a new kernel and set of kernel modules. This looks like a mis-match between the module and the kernel itself.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ram�n Gutierrez Camus Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: new 2.4.21-251-default SuSE kernel and cpint errors He all, I' m using successfully the cpint interface in a SLES 8 (2.4.21-241-default). (The great hcp command). Yesterday, I updated the kernel in a clone. Now the new cpint.o module can't load: # cpint_load Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-251-default/misc/cpint.o Symbol version prefix 'smp_' Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.21-251-default/misc/cpint.o will taint the kernel: forced load See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules /lib/modules/2.4.21-251-default/misc/cpint.o: init_module: Invalid argument Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg --------------------------------------------------------------------- /var/log/messages has the following text: cpint: can't get major -1865420752 I recreated the /dev/cpcmd using the major and minor old numbers: crw-rw---- 1 root root 107, 8 Sep 29 2003 /dev/cpcmd and now. /var/log/messages says: Oct 7 20:40:50 MYHOSTNAME modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-107 Any clue? must I put something new in /etc/modules.conf? # cat /etc/SuSE-release SuSE SLES-8 (S/390) VERSION = 8.1 # uname -a Linux MYHOSTNAME 2.4.21-251-default #1 SMP Sun Sep 26 14:07:15 UTC 2004 s390 unknown # rpm -qf /sbin/cpint-tool cpint-1.1.2-3 # cd /lib/modules/2.4.21-251-default/misc/ ; md5sum cpint.o 1cca7d9f6de1d1fc42e1f3fb97d57cdb cpint.o Thanks in advance, -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
