From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.64.118]:51154 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751035Ab0CQPyj (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:54:39 -0400 Received: from chimera.site ([71.245.98.113]) by xenotime.net for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:54:29 -0700 Message-ID: <4BA0FB35.8090207@xenotime.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:54:29 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Maybe my frequent kernel building could be of some help to the community? And how to build? References: <4B9FD5D1.8040203@example.com> <4B9FDAF3.9010804@xenotime.net> <4BA04B59.6090804@example.com> <4BA0F031.2070104@xenotime.net> <4BA0F8DE.1050006@example.com> In-Reply-To: <4BA0F8DE.1050006@example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: piotr@hosowicz.com Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On 03/17/10 08:44, Piotr Hosowicz wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > >>>> However, boot testing is probably even more helpful, such as you >>>> have already tried. The /dev/sda2 root problem is probably just a >>>> configuration problem. Would you like to try to diagnose it? >>> Previously I wrote that I do not have the config - I forgot that I had >>> built DEB package, so the config is there, I even have the source >>> package, so I think we can diagnose it. Shall I send you the .config >>> file off-list (there is some size limit as far as I know). >> >> The size limit shouldn't stop a kernel config file. >> Just send it, please. > > Ok, please find it attached. OK, are you using lilo or grub? Whatever boot loader it is, please show us a working boot loader config entry and the failing boot loader config entry. The first thing that I would try is enabling CONFIG_DEVTMPFS and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT, rebuild, reboot... -- ~Randy