i had stumbled upon this problem in 2.4, and it was fixed, but
it's cropped up in 2.6.0 now.

i've compiled all ide support as modules, and now usb-storage
and ide, etc won't load.


WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko
ignored, due to loop
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-io.ko
ignored, due to loop
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.ko
ignored, due to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Loop detected:
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-iops.ko needs ide.ko
which needs ide-iops.ko again!
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-iops.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.ko ignored,
due to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-probe.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-default.ko ignored,
due to loop
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide.ko
ignored, due to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-tape.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko ignored, due
to loop
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.ko ignored,
due to loop

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