Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:54:02 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 22:37 -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > 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.
I just straced /sbin/getcfg again, and confirmed that that is indeed what is still happening here. It's a known issue (for SuSE at least).
-Mike
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