Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:58:25 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors |
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:30:01PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:37:47PM -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. > > > >Merely change CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED to be set to yes, and it should > >all work just fine. Doesn't anyone read the Kconfig help entries for > >new kernel options? > > 1. This doesn't fix it.
I think acpi is now being fingered here, right?
> 2. Breaking things by default with an option to unbreak them is not > the finest of plans ;-)
Yes, I have now changed the default for that option to be on to help guide people even better than before.
thanks,
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