Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:37:47 -0800 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors |
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Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 21:14 +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote: > >> Maybe the initscripts have problems coping with the new layout >> (symlinks instead of real devices)? > > SuSE's /sbin/getcfg for one uses libsysfs, which apparently doesn't > follow symlinks (bounces off symlink and does nutty stuff instead). If > any of the boxen you're having troubles with use libsysfs in their init > stuff, that's likely the problem.
If that is what's happening, then the problem is breaking previously working boxes by changing a userspace API. I don't know exactly which patch broke it, but reverting all Greg's patches (except USB) from -mm fixes the issue.
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