Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 - udev doesn't work (was: ATI SATA controller not detected)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:29:28 +0100
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:

> [Resending due to a network problem on my side.]
> 
> On Monday, 30 October 2006 21:57, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:48:33PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Monday, 30 October 2006 21:22, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:15:37PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > Sorry, I was wrong.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The controller _is_ detected and handled properly, but udev is apparently
> > > > > unable to create the special device files for SATA drives/partitions even
> > > > > though CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is set.
> > > > 
> > > > This config option should not affect the block device sysfs files at all
> > > > at this point in time.
> > > > 
> > > > What does 'tree /sys/block/' show?
> > > 
> > > I can't run 'tree', but 'ls' works somehow (can't mount the root fs).  The
> > > block device sysfs files seem to be present
> > 
> > If they are there, then udev should work just fine.
> > 
> > > > If the files show up there properly, udev should handle them just fine.
> > > 
> > > It doesn't.
> > > 
> > > Well, I can binary search for the offending patch if that helps.
> > 
> > That would be very helpful, thanks.
> 
> It's one of these:
> 
> git-acpi.patch
> git-acpi-fixup.patch
> git-acpi-more-build-fixes.patch
> 

You might need to resend the original report so the acpi guys can see it.

Meanwhile, I'll have to drop the acpi tree.