Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754082AbZIXPBQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:01:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753362AbZIXPBP (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:01:15 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:34856 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753314AbZIXPBP (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:01:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:01:36 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Chua Cc: lkml , Alan Cox , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: linux-2.6.31 INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error (due to commit b50989dc444599c8b21edc23536fc305f4e9b7d5) Message-ID: <20090924160136.44e31ad0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 726 Lines: 20 On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:24:45 +0800 Jeff Chua wrote: > Latest linux pull few days ago broke the console. > > The error during boot up while switching from init S to M showed > > INIT: open(/dev/console): Input/output error > > > Reverting this commit solves the problem. This is 100% repeatable on a > "real" machine, but does not show up on kvm or vmware guest console. It is timing dependant. A discussion and some fixes were posted a while ago. -- 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/