Re: [patch] Re: Kernels > 2.6.1-mm3 do not boot. - SOLVED

Andrew Morton
2004-01-26T19:57:27Z

Eric <eric@cisu.net> wrote:
>
> On Monday 26 January 2004 00:00, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "John Stoffel" <stoffel@lucent.com> wrote:
> > > Sure, the darn thing wouldn't boot, it kept Oopsing with the
> > > test_wp_bit oops (that I just posted more details about).
> >
> > Does this fix the test_wp_bit oops?
>
> Yes, it fixes my test_wp_bit oops. But NOW, when booting 2.6.2-rc1-mm3 (which
> i pathed removing -funit-at-a-time and the wp_but oops patch) I get an oops
> derefrencing null pointer in blkdev_reread_part.

It is likely that this can be fixed by reverting

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.2-rc1/2.6.2-rc1-mm3/broken-out/md-06-allow-partitioning.patch