From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 25231@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25231: Linux-libre 4.9 fails to load modules on i686 (release blocker!)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:41:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r3533b4k.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k2av3f1l.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:16:38 -0500")
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Linux-libre 4.9.0 triggers this problem on i686 (quoting
>> <https://hydra.gnu.org/build/1713833/nixlog/21/raw>):
>>
>> loading kernel modules...
>> [ 6.085552] libahci: disagrees about version of symbol mcount
>> [ 6.085978] libahci: Unknown symbol mcount (err -22)
>> ./gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:195:6: In procedure load-linux-module*:
>> ./gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:195:6: In procedure load-linux-module: Invalid argument
>>
>> With 4.8.14, things went well:
>> <https://hydra.gnu.org/build/1689159/log/raw>.
>>
>> To reproduce, run, for instance:
>>
>> ./pre-inst-env guix system vm gnu/system/install.scm -s i686-linux
>>
>> <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9380911/> suggests this might be a
>> 4.9 bug.
>>
>> Mark, any ideas? Did anyone get 4.9 running on i686?
>
> Not that I know of. I didn't test it on i686. Here's another relevant
> post:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/10/27/124
>
> I see that there are some commits addressing this issue in Linus' git
> repository, but it's not clear to me which set of commits to include, or
> how they depend on each other. It's probably best to wait for 4.9.1.
Yeah.
>> If not, I suggest reverting the 4.8.14 → 4.9 upgrade for the release.
>
> Sounds good. On 'master', I just reverted the 4.9 upgrade, followed
> immediately by an upgrade to 4.8.15. Feel free to cherry-pick to the
> version-0.12.0 branch, but make sure to get both of them.
Awesome, thanks for the fast reply!
Ricardo: I’ll let you cherry-pick these two commits, sounds good?
(There’s a bunch of commits you may want to take from master anyway.)
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-19 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-19 16:28 bug#25231: Linux-libre 4.9 fails to load modules on i686 (release blocker!) Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19 19:16 ` Mark H Weaver
2016-12-19 20:41 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-12-20 10:06 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-01-24 21:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
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