[hsflinux] modprobe eating memory with hsfmodem and 2.6.5

[mjreed at essex.ac.uk]

hi

Thanks to support for some help
support at linuxant.com wrote:
 >similar problems in the past were caused by buggy versions of the
 >'modules-init-tools' package. Please try to upgrade or downgrade your
 >'modules-init-tools' package and try again.
I tried an upgrade but this did not help; but it made me look into my modules
settings a bit more deeply.

It seems that when hsfmodem kernel modules are loaded on a gentoo
distro (or some depmod type program runs) it generates the following
that gets included in /etc/modules.conf automatically at boot

/etc/modules.d/hsf contains:
alias /dev/ttySHSF[0-9]* /dev/ttySHSF
alias /dev/modem /dev/ttySHSF
alias char-major-240 /dev/ttySHSF
alias /dev/cuaHSF[0-9]* /dev/ttySHSF
alias char-major-241 /dev/ttySHSF
options hsfserial serialmajor=240 calloutmajor=241
alias char-major-242 hsfosspec
alias /dev/hsfdiag hsfosspec
alias /dev/hsfdiag* /dev/hsfdiag
alias char-major-243 /dev/hsfdiag
options hsfosspec dcpmajor=242 diagmajor=243
probeall /dev/ttySHSF hsfpcibasic2 hsfmc97ich hsfmc97via hsfmc97ali
probeall hsfserial hsfpcibasic2 hsfmc97ich hsfmc97via hsfmc97ali

If I delete this, reboot and install the modules using:
hsfconfig -s
all is fine.

However, I find that the file /etc/modules.d/hsf gets created for me
every time I start hsfmodem modules - does anyone know how or how to
stop it?

For the time being I have inserted this manual entry that gets put
into /etc/modules.conf (again autmagically by gentoo)
preinstall /dev/ttySHSF '/usr/sbin/hsfstop; /usr/sbin/hsfconfig -s'

This manually inserts the modules using hsfconfig before modprobe gets
a look in a screws up my whole machine (see included first post below
for problem fixed)


Martin
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mjreed at essex.ac.uk writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I have a problem with a registered (full speed) version of 
 > 
 > hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full
 > linux 2.6.5 (gentoo dev sources)
 > alsa Intel ac97 audio subsystem
 > 
 > I have been using this fine under 2.4 series with the alsa drivers but
 > every time I try under 2.6 I get a lock up when starting X, I guess
 > this is down to the problem mentioned under the FAQ (point 13 and ac97
 > devices).
 > 
 > The problem actually seems to be that modprobe is running and eating
 > all of the memory (including swap after some time) until the whole
 > system locks up. It only does this when starting up X.
 > 
 > Is there a fix for this other than removing Alsa driver modules ?(I
 > have not tried this yet as this would be a bit of a pain for me...)
 > 
 > Martin
 > --
 > Dr. M.J. Reed                               Room:          4SB.6.15
 > Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering         Tel:+44 (0)1206 872479
 > University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK  FAX:+44 (0)1206 872900
 > Email mjreed (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk)
 > Web: http://esewww.essex.ac.uk/~mjreed
 >