The problem: When both nls_iso8859_8 and nls_cp1255 are compiled into the kernel (=Y), init_nls_iso8859_8() is called before init_nls_cp1255() - this causes iso_8859_8 to call request_module() which obviously fails. Kernel log: (from dmesg + traces I added) TRACE: init_nls_iso8859_8() request_module[nls_cp1255]: Root fs not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp1255 TRACE: init_nls_cp1255() The fix: (changing the link order of the two modules) --- linux-2.4.2-ac20/fs/nls/Makefile Sat Mar 3 16:13:21 2001 +++ linux-2.4.2-ac20/fs/nls/Makefile Sat Mar 17 12:39:28 2001 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5) += nls_iso8859-5.o obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6) += nls_iso8859-6.o obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7) += nls_iso8859-7.o -obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8) += nls_iso8859-8.o nls_cp1255.o +obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8) += nls_cp1255.o nls_iso8859-8.o obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9) += nls_iso8859-9.o obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_10) += nls_iso8859-10.o obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13) += nls_iso8859-13.o -- Dan Aloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
