Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262007AbVD1FYD (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:24:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262008AbVD1FYD (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:24:03 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:37068 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262007AbVD1FX7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:23:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:23:36 -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: <20050428052335.GA10772@kroah.com> References: <20050428041428.GB9723@kroah.com> <20050428050346.GB10182@kroah.com> 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: 1147 Lines: 32 On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:20:32AM -0400, Joe wrote: > On 4/28/05, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 12:57:46AM -0400, Joe wrote: > > > It also seems to have trouble recreating the node even when the file > > > has been deleted > > > > "trouble" how? > > > > Apparantly the other partitions of the device (ex. sdb1, sdb3) are > still considered nodes. udev also seems to ignore them and hotplug > does not remove these nodes when the device is unplugged. > > Additionally, when plugged back in, the device won't recreate the > nodes unless ALL of them are deleted, and even then its a hit and miss > as to whether it will decide to create them. Again, usb or firewire? And if usb, are you _sure_ there are no kernel log messages? There should be something there... Otherwise I have no idea what is happening, and don't know how to find out either :( 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/