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    SubjectRe: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors
    On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 06:11:13PM -0800, Martin Bligh wrote:
    > Greg KH wrote:
    > >On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:39:10PM -0800, Martin Bligh wrote:
    > >
    > >>Cornelia Huck wrote:
    > >>
    > >>>On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:09:16 -0800,
    > >>>"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@google.com> wrote:
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >>>>Cornelia Huck wrote:
    > >>>>
    > >>>>
    > >>>>>That's because /sys/class/net/<interface> is now a symlink instead of a
    > >>>>>directory (and that hasn't anything to do with acpi, but rather with
    > >>>>>the conversions in the driver tree). Seems the directory -> symlink
    > >>>>>change shouldn't be done since it's impacting user space...
    > >>>>
    > >>>>You know which individual patch in -mm broke that? Can't see it easily.
    > >>>>Then we can just test across all the machines with just that one backed
    > >>>>out.
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >>>I'd try reverting gregkh-driver-network-device.patch for the network
    > >>>device stuff.
    > >>
    > >>Reverting that patch does indeed appear to fix it.
    > >
    > >
    > >Even with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED enabled? For some reason I'm guessing
    > >that you missed that suggestion a while back...
    >
    > Yes - Enabling CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED didn't help.

    Ok, I'm testing this now and getting some very wierd results. Will
    update everyone when I figure it out (oopses in vt code...)

    thanks,

    greg k-h
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