Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264254AbTEaJVu (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 05:21:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264255AbTEaJVu (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 05:21:50 -0400 Received: from A17-250-248-86.apple.com ([17.250.248.86]:7158 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264254AbTEaJVo (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 05:21:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:34:42 +1000 Subject: Re: warning: process 'update' used the obsolete bdflush... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Cc: , To: "Paul Rolland" From: Stewart Smith In-Reply-To: <006a01c32753$9fdac7b0$2101a8c0@witbe> Message-Id: <1B8F41EC-934B-11D7-B416-00039346F142@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 07:04 PM, Paul Rolland wrote: > Hello, > > When switching from 2.4.20 to 2.5.x (x being recent), I have this > message... > > What does this mean ? > 1 - I have no process named update running, > 2 - I can't find anything name update in /etc/rc.d/* recursively. from fs/buffer.c: /* * There are no bdflush tunables left. But distributions are * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here. * * Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel. * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call. */ I'd upgrade whatever package update comes from. I can't seem to find that binary around on some of my systems, what distribution and version are you running? Maybe it's time to upgrade. Someone else might know specifics :) ------------------------------ Stewart Smith stewartsmith@mac.com Ph: +61 4 3884 4332 ICQ: 6734154 http://www.flamingspork.com/ http://www.linux.org.au - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/