Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261902AbVD1EO7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:14:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261903AbVD1EO7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:14:59 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:48036 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261902AbVD1EO5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:14:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:14:28 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Joe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: Device Node Issues with recent mm's and udev Message-ID: <20050428041428.GB9723@kroah.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 993 Lines: 27 On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 07:52:39PM -0400, Joe wrote: > This issue started to appear in around the 2.6.11-mm series.. it > continues even now with 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. > > Attempting to copy an image to a device with a tool like dd, results > in the device node being overwritten with the data, but the data is > never sent to the destination drive for instance. > > To try to put it more plainly, I have a firmware image I am copying to > an ipod. Normally the image sends with no issues and the ipod has the > new firmware. Is the device "disappearing" and then the udev deletes the device node, and then dd starts dumping data to a file instead? Anything in your kernel log when this happens? Does this happen with 2.6.12-rc3? thanks, greg k-h - 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/