Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264709AbTFATSW (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:18:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264710AbTFATSW (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:18:22 -0400 Received: from 153.Red-213-4-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([213.4.13.153]:51718 "EHLO small.felipe-alfaro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264709AbTFATSV (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:18:21 -0400 Subject: Re: warning: process 'update' used the obsolete bdflush... From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: Stewart Smith Cc: Paul Rolland , LKML , rol@as2917.net In-Reply-To: <1B8F41EC-934B-11D7-B416-00039346F142@mac.com> References: <1B8F41EC-934B-11D7-B416-00039346F142@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1054495899.943.2.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.92 (Preview Release) Date: 01 Jun 2003 21:31:40 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1406 Lines: 36 On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 11:34, Stewart Smith wrote: > On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 07:04 PM, Paul Rolland wrote: > > 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 Someone else might know specifics :) "update" is not a program, but a kernel daemon that was superseded by pdflush in 2.5 kernels. I just can't remember right know what caused that warning, but it's similar to the SO_BSDCOMPAT warning that is triggered when running bind. - 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/