Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261173AbVEFH7B (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 03:59:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261166AbVEFH7A (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 03:59:00 -0400 Received: from pastinakel.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:29967 "EHLO pastinakel.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261168AbVEFH6o (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 03:58:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:58:40 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Greg KH Cc: Joe , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev) Message-ID: <20050506075840.GC4604@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20050503031421.GA528@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050503031421.GA528@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: : pastinakel.tue.nl 1074; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1362 Lines: 29 On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 08:14:21PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:51:24PM -0400, Joe wrote: > > Ok, first off I'd like to say, I am on 2.6.12-rc3-mm2, and this issue > > is not fixed at all. Secondly, I'd like to say that I've pinpointed > > it a bit more. It appears only Empty partitions (type 0 in fdisk) do > > not create device nodes. > > > > Here is the partition table from fdisk, fdisk does run fine.. its just > > the fact this node is not created that threw me off before. > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2 16033+ 0 Empty > > /dev/sdb2 * 6 2431 19486845 b W95 FAT32 > > /dev/sdb3 3 5 24097+ 83 Linux > > > > > > Notice, /dev/sdb1 is a Empty partition... in /dev I only have sdb, > > sdb2, and sdb3. No sdb1. Any help would be appreciated. > > Looks like it might be a scsi issue. Redirecting to that mailing list > now. Anyone here have a clue? Hmm - you even put this in 2.6.11.8, if I understand correctly. Was that by mistake? - 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/