From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266541AbUBLR1c (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:27:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266544AbUBLR1c (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:27:32 -0500 Received: from p68.rivermarket.wintek.com ([208.13.56.68]:16768 "EHLO dust") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266541AbUBLR12 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:27:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:30:22 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Goddard To: Rik van Riel Cc: Rusty Russell , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation on how to debug modules In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: X-GPG-PUBLIC_KEY: N/a X-GPG-FINGERPRINT: BCBC 0868 DB78 22F3 A657 785D 6E3B 7ACB 584E B835 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463785916-1739359682-1076607022=:22024" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ---1463785916-1739359682-1076607022=:22024 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > Just remove the debugging message which fill people's logs: the > > correct way of debugging module problems is something like this: > > Could you add that to Documentation/ ;) I couldn't think of, or find a good place to put this, so I put the information in it's own file. I'm only moderately sure I've generated the patch correctly. However, it does apply with patch -p1 to a clean 2.6.3-rc2-bk2 tree, so it should be fine. The wording is a slightly changed version of what Rusty said at the start of this thread. -- Alex Goddard agoddard at purdue dot edu ---1463785916-1739359682-1076607022=:22024 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="debugging-modules.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="debugging-modules.patch" ZGlmZiAtTnVycCBsaW51eC0yLjYuMy1yYzItYmsyL0RvY3VtZW50YXRpb24v ZGVidWdnaW5nLW1vZHVsZXMudHh0IHBlcnNvbmFsLTIuNi4zLXJjMi1iazIv RG9jdW1lbnRhdGlvbi9kZWJ1Z2dpbmctbW9kdWxlcy50eHQNCi0tLSBsaW51 eC0yLjYuMy1yYzItYmsyL0RvY3VtZW50YXRpb24vZGVidWdnaW5nLW1vZHVs ZXMudHh0CTE5NjktMTItMzEgMTk6MDA6MDAuMDAwMDAwMDAwIC0wNTAwDQor KysgcGVyc29uYWwtMi42LjMtcmMyLWJrMi9Eb2N1bWVudGF0aW9uL2RlYnVn Z2luZy1tb2R1bGVzLnR4dAkyMDA0LTAyLTEyIDEyOjE1OjExLjkzNTQ4ODcy MCAtMDUwMA0KQEAgLTAsMCArMSwxOCBAQA0KK0RlYnVnZ2luZyBNb2R1bGVz IGFmdGVyIDIuNi4zDQorLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0N CisNCitJbiBhbG1vc3QgYWxsIGRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbnMsIHRoZSBrZXJuZWwg YXNrcyBmb3IgbW9kdWxlcyB3aGljaCBkb24ndA0KK2V4aXN0LCBzdWNoIGFz ICJuZXQtcGYtMTAiIG9yIHdoYXRldmVyLiAgQ2hhbmdpbmcgIm1vZHByb2Jl IC1xIiB0bw0KKyJzdWNjZWVkIiBpbiB0aGlzIGNhc2UgaXMgaGFja3kgYW5k IGJyZWFrcyBzb21lIHNldHVwcywgYW5kIGFsc28gd2UNCit3YW50IHRvIGtu b3cgaWYgaXQgZmFpbGVkIGZvciB0aGUgZmFsbGJhY2sgY29kZSBmb3Igb2xk IGFsaWFzZXMgaW4NCitmcy9jaGFyX2Rldi5jLCBmb3IgZXhhbXBsZS4NCisN CitJbiB0aGUgcGFzdCBhIGRlYnVnZ2luZyBtZXNzYWdlIHdoaWNoIHdvdWxk IGZpbGwgcGVvcGxlJ3MgbG9ncyB3YXMgDQorZW1pdHRlZC4gIFRoaXMgZGVi dWdnaW5nIG1lc3NhZ2UgaGFzIGJlZW4gcmVtb3ZlZC4gIFRoZSBjb3JyZWN0 IHdheSANCitvZiBkZWJ1Z2dpbmcgbW9kdWxlIHByb2JsZW1zIGlzIHNvbWV0 aGluZyBsaWtlIHRoaXM6DQorDQorZWNobyAnIyEgL2Jpbi9zaCcgPiAvdG1w L21vZHByb2JlDQorZWNobyAnZWNobyAiJEAiID4+IC90bXAvbW9kcHJvYmUu bG9nJyA+PiAvdG1wL21vZHByb2JlDQorZWNobyAnZXhlYyAvc2Jpbi9tb2Rw cm9iZSAiJEAiJyA+PiAvdG1wL21vZHByb2JlDQorY2htb2QgYSt4IC90bXAv bW9kcHJvYmUNCitlY2hvIC90bXAvbW9kcHJvYmUgPiAvcHJvYy9zeXMva2Vy bmVsL21vZHByb2JlDQo= ---1463785916-1739359682-1076607022=:22024--