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From: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
To: Bob Tracy <rct@frus.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl,
	rth@twiddle.net, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 can't see sd partitions on Alpha
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:43:27 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4759B06F.60108@orcon.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071207145526.B561CDBA2@gherkin.frus.com>

Bob Tracy wrote:
> That was quick :-).  Backing out the sysctl_check.c diff gives me a
> working kernel.  Beats the #$%@! out of me how/why, though.
> 
> Michael Cree: could you try backing out the diff below from your
> 2.6.24-rc3 tree and see if things are now working for you?

Yes (conference is now over).  I backed out the sysctl_check patch from 
2.6.24-rc3 and, indeed, got a working kernel.

The working kernel (was probably 2.6.24-rc3 less sysctl_check patch, but 
might have been a 2.6.23 variant) has the following in /sys/block

alpha:~# ls -l /sys/block/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 0 2007-12-08 08:55 fd0
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 0 2007-12-08 08:55 hde
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 0 2007-12-08 08:55 hdf
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root 0 2007-12-08 08:55 sdb
alpha:~# ls -l /sys/block/sda
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 capability
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 dev
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 device -> 
../../devices/pci0001:01/0001:01:06.0/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 holders
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 queue
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 range
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 removable
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 sda5
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 size
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 slaves
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 stat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2007-12-08 08:55 subsystem -> ../../block
--w------- 1 root root 8192 2007-12-08 08:55 uevent
alpha:~# grep . /sys/block/sda/*/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda1/dev:8:1
/sys/block/sda/sda2/dev:8:2
/sys/block/sda/sda3/dev:8:3
/sys/block/sda/sda4/dev:8:4
/sys/block/sda/sda5/dev:8:5



The broken kernel (2.6.24-rc3) has the following in /sys/block

alpha:~# ls -l /sys/block/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 0 Dec  8 09:22 fd0
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 0 Dec  8 09:22 hde
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 0 Dec  8 09:23 hdf
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 0 Dec  8 09:22 sda
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root 0 Dec  8 09:23 sdb
alpha:~# ls -l /sys/block/sda
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 capability
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 dev
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Dec  8 09:23 device -> 
../../devices/pci0001:01/0001:01:06.0/host0/target0:0:1/0:0:1:0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 holders
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 queue
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 range
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 removable
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 sda1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 sda2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 sda3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 sda4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 sda5
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 size
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 slaves
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 stat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Dec  8 09:22 subsystem -> ../../block
--w------- 1 root root 8192 Dec  8 09:22 uevent
alpha:~# grep . /sys/block/sda/*/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda1/dev:8:1
/sys/block/sda/sda2/dev:8:2
/sys/block/sda/sda3/dev:8:3
/sys/block/sda/sda4/dev:8:4
/sys/block/sda/sda5/dev:8:5

I failed to spot any difference (other than the formatting of the dates) 
between the two!

Cheers
Michael.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-07 20:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20071126134819.8FE56DBA2@gherkin.frus.com>
     [not found] ` <47508EE9.9030304@orcon.net.nz>
2007-11-30 22:42   ` [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 can't see sd partitions on Alpha Andrew Morton
2007-11-30 23:26     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-12-02 20:53     ` Michael Cree
2007-12-03  1:17       ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-04 12:16         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-04 15:36           ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-05 17:30           ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07  0:16           ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07  0:33             ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-07  5:07               ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 10:26                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-07 11:37                   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-07 13:39                   ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 14:55                   ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 15:05                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-07 16:59                       ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 18:06                         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-07 18:19                           ` Kay Sievers
2007-12-07 19:36                             ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 20:43                     ` Michael Cree [this message]
2007-12-07 21:19                       ` Kay Sievers
2007-12-07 22:39                         ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-08  4:53                         ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-08  5:05                         ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-08 15:48                           ` Kay Sievers
2007-12-09  0:51                             ` Michael Cree
2007-12-09  4:19                               ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-09 18:07                                 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2007-12-10 15:08                                   ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-10 23:12                                     ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2007-12-10 15:05                             ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07 11:40                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-07  5:42               ` Bob Tracy
2007-12-07  9:33               ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-07  0:44             ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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