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

Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-10-30T20:49:59Z

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 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.

Greetings,
Rafael

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