Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:56:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:56:02 -0500 Received: from mail.parknet.co.jp ([210.134.213.6]:5639 "EHLO mail.parknet.co.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:55:48 -0500 To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.15-pre1: "bogus" message with reiserfs root and other weirdness In-Reply-To: From: OGAWA Hirofumi Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:54:54 +0900 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87elmlmn81.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bill Davidsen writes: > On 27 Nov 2001, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > > davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes: > > Actually the original poster used "magic" and I didn't quibble, but I > believe you're right. I just noted that it is better to check to see if > the filesystem is FAT before reporting the error message. Obviously this > can be done, since you don't get the message with FAT as a module, I just > haven't looked to see if the check is in the module or the kernel before > even loading the FAT module. Yes. You can't use the module before you mounted the root filesystem. This is a reason for not seeing an error message. -- OGAWA Hirofumi - 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/