2.5.73/4 - Problems loading modules

["Peter Hoeg" <peter@hoeg.com>]

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Machine: IBM Thinkpad X30
Kernel: 2.5.73 and .74
Distribution: Debian - sarge
module-init-tools: 0.9.13-pre-1
attached: .config

The problem is that a number of different modules hang when trying to load:
parport_pc, snd-intel8x0, ehci-usb (hardware is not even present!!),
uhci-usb, etc etc. A 'ps aux' will show that the modprobe process is 'D'. It
cannot be killed with kill -9 and the module can not be unloaded (in use).

Now, the really weird part is, that if I boot Debian using VMWare 4.0 under
XP, there are no problems at all!! And this is the same kernel, same
distribution - same everything (vmware can work directly off a partition, so
it is really the exact same installation it is using).

Am aware that this may necessarily not be 100% kernel related (since it
works under vmware) and could be some kind of hardware problem, but would
appreciate if anybody could provide some info on this.

I do not subscribe to linux-kernel, so please CC me in.

Thanks in advance,
peter

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CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y

CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y

CONFIG_X86_PC=y
CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE=m
CONFIG_X86_MSR=m
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
CONFIG_EDD=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y

CONFIG_PM=y

CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y

CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y

CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_ICH=y
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_LIB=y

CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y

CONFIG_PCMCIA=y
CONFIG_YENTA=m
CONFIG_CARDBUS=y
CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y

CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y

CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y

CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_PNP_NAMES=y

CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096

CONFIG_IDE=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO=y

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y

CONFIG_SCSI=m

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m

CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y

CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y

CONFIG_I2O=m
CONFIG_I2O_PCI=m
CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=m
CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m
CONFIG_I2O_PROC=m

CONFIG_NET=y

CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_NET_KEY=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_INET_ECN=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_INET_AH=y
CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y
CONFIG_IPV6=m
CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY=y
CONFIG_INET6_AH=m
CONFIG_INET6_ESP=m
CONFIG_INET6_IPCOMP=m
CONFIG_XFRM_USER=y

CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=m
CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_NONE=y

CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_TUN=m

CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y

CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCNET32=m
CONFIG_EEPRO100=m
CONFIG_E100=m

CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y

CONFIG_HERMES=m

CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=m
CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y

CONFIG_IRDA=m

CONFIG_IRLAN=m
CONFIG_IRCOMM=m
CONFIG_IRDA_ULTRA=y

CONFIG_IRDA_CACHE_LAST_LSAP=y
CONFIG_IRDA_FAST_RR=y

CONFIG_IRTTY_SIR=m

CONFIG_IRPORT_SIR=m

CONFIG_NSC_FIR=m
CONFIG_WINBOND_FIR=m
CONFIG_TOSHIBA_FIR=m
CONFIG_SMC_IRCC_FIR=m
CONFIG_ALI_FIR=m
CONFIG_VLSI_FIR=m

CONFIG_INPUT=y

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768

CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2=m

CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y

CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y

CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACPI=y

CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m

CONFIG_I2C=m
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
CONFIG_I2C_PHILIPSPAR=m
CONFIG_I2C_ELV=m
CONFIG_I2C_VELLEMAN=m
CONFIG_SCx200_ACB=m
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCF=m
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m

CONFIG_I2C_ISA=m
CONFIG_I2C_PIIX4=m

CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=m
CONFIG_NVRAM=m
CONFIG_RTC=m
CONFIG_GEN_RTC=m
CONFIG_GEN_RTC_X=y

CONFIG_AGP=m
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_I810=m
CONFIG_DRM_I830=m

CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_XFS_FS=y
CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_QUOTACTL=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y

CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y

CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m

CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y

CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS=m
CONFIG_RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_CIFS=m

CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y

CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m

CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y

CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y

CONFIG_SOUND=y

CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y

CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m

CONFIG_USB=m

CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y

CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m

CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y

CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y

CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_X86_EXTRA_IRQS=y
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y

CONFIG_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y

CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=y

CONFIG_CRC32=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y