Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751501AbWEOUoI (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 16:44:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751502AbWEOUoI (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 16:44:08 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:43224 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751501AbWEOUoG (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 16:44:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 13:43:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060515.134341.68600281.davem@davemloft.net> To: jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ecd@skynet.be Subject: Re: openpromfs issue From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 859 Lines: 22 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:06:24 +0200 (MEST) > /proc/openprom# ls -l > ... > 88 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 12 11:04 SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@1c,0 > 88 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 12 11:04 SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@1c,0 > ... > > What's wrong is obviously that there cannot be two directories with the > same name (and on top, the same inode number). A long standing and known bug, we don't put enough addressing information into the node name so you get duplicates. I have no plans to work on a fix, and if anything openpromfs deserves a rewrite as it's very old code. - 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/