Re: Linux 2.5.30

[Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>]

Banai Zoltan <bazooka@emitel.hu> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > 
> > Argh.  My fault - it's devfs-only code and it didn't get tested ;-/
> > 
> > Fix: replace line 470 with
> >               p[part].de = NULL;
> > 
> Thanks, that help!
> 
> But it does not boot,( nor does 2.5.24)
> with 2.5.30 it panics at PNP BIOS initalisation,
> without PNPBIOS it freezes after loop device init(no network card)
> after network card init if configured (Intel e100).
> No SysRq helps.:(

Banai,
Yep, the anti-devfs regime broke it a few versions ago
with console/tty (serial) driver changes. It sort of defeats
the purpose, but I can boot with "devfs=nomount" as a
kernel boot up option. [This worked in lk 2.5.29]

Resistance may be futile, but it is the reason some of
us use linux.

Doug Gilbert