From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Howorth Subject: Re: boot failure in 2.6.39.3 Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:36:21 +0100 Message-ID: <4E312D95.6090805@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> References: <1311808122.4630.12.camel@montroll.chem.mcgill.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ppsw-51.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.151]:34316 "EHLO ppsw-51.csi.cam.ac.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753630Ab1G1JgY (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:36:24 -0400 Received: from mail.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.85.9]:44810 helo=mail.lmb.internal) by ppsw-51.csi.cam.ac.uk (ppsw.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.138]:25) with esmtp id 1QmN0v-00063I-ZA (Exim 4.72) for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org (return-path ); Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:36:21 +0100 Received: from cpepc210-3.lmb.internal ([10.14.0.2]) by mail.lmb.internal with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QmN0v-0000rG-F2 for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:36:21 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1311808122.4630.12.camel@montroll.chem.mcgill.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org David Ronis wrote: > I've just tried to upgrade from a slackware-2.6.37.6-huge (most drivers > are enabled at least as modules) to 2.6.39.3, built locally. The > resulting kernel won't boot (generating an oops). What I see on the > console is a list of the various disk partitions (sd driver) and then a > complaint about not being able to mount /dev/root. (The older kernel > works fine-the disks using the ata_pixx driver). > > My suspicion is that I've misconfigured the kernel. Any suggestions? Show the detail log of the oops?! Use a photo if necessary.