Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755400AbXLGVU0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:20:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753601AbXLGVUQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:20:16 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.183]:59861 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753463AbXLGVUO (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:20:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 can't see sd partitions on Alpha From: Kay Sievers To: Michael Cree Cc: Bob Tracy , Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, rth@twiddle.net, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com In-Reply-To: <4759B06F.60108@orcon.net.nz> References: <20071207145526.B561CDBA2@gherkin.frus.com> <4759B06F.60108@orcon.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:19:43 +0100 Message-Id: <1197062383.5483.46.camel@lov.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/6U00xXuKAB8YCBihtOWU4nILt9ZfR2XM5oSk 04kx5D9vKn7yhoh1cJEvoDOyNv4ogv0Qg4oCfwBWIcDKtVY90d BKOCDZHQ6zS+AYEFIpt9+1URNA8m45O Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1390 Lines: 41 On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 09:43 +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > Bob Tracy wrote: > > That was quick :-). Backing out the sysctl_check.c diff gives me a > > working kernel. Beats the #$%@! out of me how/why, though. > > > > Michael Cree: could you try backing out the diff below from your > > 2.6.24-rc3 tree and see if things are now working for you? > > Yes (conference is now over). I backed out the sysctl_check patch from > 2.6.24-rc3 and, indeed, got a working kernel. > > The working kernel (was probably 2.6.24-rc3 less sysctl_check patch, but > might have been a 2.6.23 variant) has the following in /sys/block > alpha:~# grep . /sys/block/sda/*/dev > /sys/block/sda/sda1/dev:8:1 > /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev:8:2 > /sys/block/sda/sda3/dev:8:3 > /sys/block/sda/sda4/dev:8:4 > /sys/block/sda/sda5/dev:8:5 > > I failed to spot any difference (other than the formatting of the dates) > between the two! Yeah, that looks all fine. What distro is that, and what's the udev version? You are booting your kernel with an initramfs? Is the udev daemon (still) running while it fails? If you run /sbin/udevtrigger, do the nodes appear? Kay -- 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/