Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272997AbTHPPAc (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:00:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273000AbTHPPAc (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:00:32 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.AT ([212.16.59.250]:40147 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272997AbTHPPA0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:00:26 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:00:36 +0200 From: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= To: jeff millar Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs Message-ID: <20030816150036.GA23277@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: jeff millar , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20030813061546.GB24994@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <00ac01c36193$72c892a0$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030813123010.GA7274@www.13thfloor.at> <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030813132429.GA7551@www.13thfloor.at> <009b01c362d5$13838b90$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030815030013.GA9587@www.13thfloor.at> <00a401c3632a$80dd2a20$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030815132619.GB3695@www.13thfloor.at> <000a01c3638e$2c7a6330$6401a8c0@wa1hco> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000a01c3638e$2c7a6330$6401a8c0@wa1hco> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1785 Lines: 52 Hi Jeff! On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:34:37PM -0400, jeff millar wrote: > Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3 > filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message > > ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) ) ext2_read_super: mounting ext3 > filesystem as ext2 > VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly > > So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module. > I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03 > without any luck. > > I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same > results > > Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in. > > Any suggestions for what to try next? appended a short patch, which goes ontop of my other debug patch ... this time, please concentrate on the %% lines and the lines immediately above and below ... best, Herbert > jeff --- linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c 2003-08-13 15:15:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test3-debug-P1/init/do_mounts.c 2003-08-16 16:57:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -277,7 +277,11 @@ get_fs_names(fs_names); retry: for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1) { - int err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data); + int err; + + printk("%%%% do_mount_root() >%s<,>%s<, %08x ...\n", name, p, flags); + err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data); + printk("%%%% ret = %d\n", err); switch (err) { case 0: goto out; - 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/