Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263148AbTIVNkY (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:40:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263149AbTIVNkY (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:40:24 -0400 Received: from barclay.balt.net ([195.14.162.78]:38843 "EHLO barclay.balt.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263148AbTIVNkT (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:40:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:36:05 +0300 From: Zilvinas Valinskas To: Alistair J Strachan Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test5-mm4 Message-ID: <20030922143605.GA9961@gemtek.lt> Reply-To: Zilvinas Valinskas References: <20030922013548.6e5a5dcf.akpm@osdl.org> <200309221317.42273.alistair@devzero.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309221317.42273.alistair@devzero.co.uk> X-Attribution: Zilvinas X-Url: http://www.gemtek.lt/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2380 Lines: 69 On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:17:42PM +0100, Alistair J Strachan wrote: > On Monday 22 September 2003 09:35, Andrew Morton wrote: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test5/2 > >.6.0-test5-mm4/ > > > > > > . A series of patches from Al Viro which introduce 32-bit dev_t support > > > > . Various new fixes > > > > > > Hi Andrew, > > -mm4 won't mount my ext3 root device whereas -mm3 will. Presumably this is > some byproduct of the dev_t patches. > > VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or hda2. > Please append correct "root=" boot option. > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda2. Do you use devfsd ? I had to specify root like this : root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 then it worked just fine. Btw Andrew , this change "Synaptics" -> "SynPS/2" - breaks driver synaptic driver from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html. -static char *psmouse_protocols[] = { "None", "PS/2", "PS2++", "PS2T++", "GenPS/ 2", "ImPS/2", "ImExPS/2", "Synaptics"}; +static char *psmouse_protocols[] = { "None", "PS/2", "PS2++", "PS2T++", "GenPS/2", "ImPS/2", "ImExPS/2", "SynPS/2"}; > > One possible explanation is that I have devfs compiled into my kernel. I do > not, however, have it automatically mounting on boot. It overlays /dev (which > is populated with original style device nodes) after INIT has loaded. > > Perhaps there is some other procedure I must complete before I can use 32bit > dev_t? > > [alistair] 01:15 PM [/usr/src/linux-2.6] egrep -e "DEVFS" -e "EXT3_FS" .config > CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y > CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y > # CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set > # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set > > [alistair] 01:16 PM [/usr/src/linux-2.6] dmesg | grep p2 > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p4 > > Cheers, > Alistair. > - > 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/ - 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/