Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 (problem with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2)

Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2009-08-06T15:06:41Z

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:36 -0500, Clark Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:16:15 +0530
> gowrishankar <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > Only if I set CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y, I could successfully boot
> > which I have tested with this kernel in same system.
> >
> > Is it not set by default from 2.6.31 onwards ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gowri
>
> I wasn't sure when it would move from 'y' to 'n', but looks like .31 is
> it. You'll need that option back on for booting on RHEL (since the boot
> infrastructure uses the old /sys format) but I don't think you'll need
> it for Fedora. Not sure about SLERT. Bet Greg Haskins would know
> though :)
>

You need it Y to boot on SLES 10 / SLERT 10 file systems.

Its ok with 'N' on openSUSE 10.3 or later.

Sven

> Clark