Some kernel problems with hw_random & pcmcia modules which I don't need

Submitted by Vertical
on February 20, 2005 - 3:27am

Problem with laptop. centrino/855GME. Arch linux 0.7

Using custom 2.6.10 kernel
On boot i get this error (in dmesg)

Device 'i823650' does not have release() function, it is broken

Also, pcmcia services in ARCH by default tryes to load this module (i823650), but i don't need it because it is belongs to ISA bus. How to prevent loading this module?

And one more problem with HW_Random. If I compile this module into kernel, I get this error (in dmesg):

hw_random: RNG not detected

If I compile it as module, I get another error then booting arch:

:: Starting Hotplug Daemon
..can't load module hw_random
missing kernel or user mode driver hw_random

In other distros there were no problem with hw_random

Perhaps your laptop does not

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 8, 2005 - 7:45am

Perhaps your laptop does not have a hardware RNG? (It took me much longer than it should have to realize that RNG meant random number generated.) It appears my centrino doesn't have one.

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