Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs | Date | Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:57:46 +1100 |
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 11:59:34 -0500 (EST), Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote: >On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Pierre Rousselet wrote: > >> Here is the final (i hope) verdict of my devfs testbox : >> >> 2.4.16 with devfsd-1.3.18/1.3.20 : OK >> 2.4.17-pre1 " : Broken >> 2.5.1-pre1 " : OK >> 2.5.1-pre2 with or without v200 : Broken >> 2.5.1-pre5 " : Broken > >IOW, merge of new devfs code (2.4.17-pre1 in -STABLE, 2.5.1-pre2 in -CURRENT). > >We really need CONFIG_DEBUG_* forced if CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is set. Otherwise >we'll be getting tons of bug reports due to silent memory corruption. > >Keith, is there a decent way to do that? For 2.4.17 it would help a lot...
Against 2.4.17-pre2, untested. Revert before 2.4.17.
Index: 17-pre2.1/fs/Config.in --- 17-pre2.1/fs/Config.in Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:45:38 +1100 kaos (linux-2.4/m/b/39_Config.in 1.2.1.2.1.7 644) +++ 17-pre2.1(w)/fs/Config.in Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:54:58 +1100 kaos (linux-2.4/m/b/39_Config.in 1.2.1.2.1.7 644) @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ bool '/proc file system support' CONFIG_ dep_bool '/dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_DEVFS_FS $CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL dep_bool ' Automatically mount at boot' CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT $CONFIG_DEVFS_FS -dep_bool ' Debug devfs' CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG $CONFIG_DEVFS_FS +if [ "$CONFIG_DEVFS_FS" = "y" ] ; then \ + define_bool CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG y +fi +# dep_bool ' Debug devfs' CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG $CONFIG_DEVFS_FS # It compiles as a module for testing only. It should not be used # as a module in general. If we make this "tristate", a bunch of people - 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/
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