Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:16:17 +0300 | From | Alexey Dobriyan <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-rc regression: kernel panic on boot |
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 02:54:47PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y changed its meaning recently and causes > regressions in working setups that had SYSFS_DEPRECATED disabled. > > so rename it to SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 so that testers pick up the new > default via 'make oldconfig', even if their old .config's disabled > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED ...
It has all the same help text, so people who disabled it in the past will disable again!
> --- linux.orig/init/Kconfig > +++ linux/init/Kconfig > @@ -367,9 +367,13 @@ config RESOURCE_COUNTERS > depends on CGROUPS > > config SYSFS_DEPRECATED > + bool > + > +config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 > bool "Create deprecated sysfs files" > depends on SYSFS > default y > + select SYSFS_DEPRECATED > help > This option creates deprecated symlinks such as the > "device"-link, the <subsystem>:<name>-link, and the
Is anyone aware of a case when turning SYSFS_DEPRECATED back on also breaks something? I mean, option can be simply removed and sysfs people can finally stop breaking boxes.
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