Bill Eldridge wrote:

> Peter Silva wrote:
>
>> I've been doing that for 2.4.18 and 2.4.19, and the kernel
>> builds correctly, although the modules end up in a funny place.
>> I would expect them to go into 
>> /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/media/video
>> but they actually get put into /lib/modules/2.4.19/v4l2.  Strange, 
>> but depmod
>> finds them OK, and modprobe works.
>>
>> unfortunately, the machine then hangs solid.  well the kernel build 
>> is clean :-)
>
>
> While depmod "finds them", it's often finding
> the wrong ones, which can cause your machine
> to hang solid. I noticed this when I was sure
> I'd installed v4l2 drivers but only one program
> could access the device - doh! - it was loading
> the older v4l stuff.  Delete the duplicates
> in /lib/modules/xxx/kernel/drivers/media/video

did that, stuck printk's in the good ones too.





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