Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 - udev doesn't work (was: ATI SATA controller not detected)

Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-10-31T07:31:08Z

[Resending due to a network problem on my side.]

On Monday, 30 October 2006 21:57, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:48:33PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, 30 October 2006 21:22, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:15:37PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > Sorry, I was wrong.
> > > >
> > > > The controller _is_ detected and handled properly, but udev is apparently
> > > > unable to create the special device files for SATA drives/partitions even
> > > > though CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is set.
> > >
> > > This config option should not affect the block device sysfs files at all
> > > at this point in time.
> > >
> > > What does 'tree /sys/block/' show?
> >
> > I can't run 'tree', but 'ls' works somehow (can't mount the root fs). The
> > block device sysfs files seem to be present
>
> If they are there, then udev should work just fine.
>
> > > If the files show up there properly, udev should handle them just fine.
> >
> > It doesn't.
> >
> > Well, I can binary search for the offending patch if that helps.
>
> That would be very helpful, thanks.

It's one of these:

git-acpi.patch
git-acpi-fixup.patch
git-acpi-more-build-fixes.patch

Greetings,
Rafael

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