From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:00:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:00:09 -0400 Received: from zok.SGI.COM ([204.94.215.101]:17123 "EHLO zok.corp.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:59:57 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: Olaf Hering cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: new scsi hardware detection in 2.4.7(pre) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:10:19 +0200." <20010723171019.A18135@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:59:54 +1000 Message-ID: <22072.995939994@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:10:19 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: >I get this on non-scsi systems with scsi compiled into the kernel: > >SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted >request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted The SCSI midlayer is trying to load the SCSI host adapter, that is an unavoidable side effect of including SCSI support. Because no adapter is found, kmod tries to automatically load a module that can find a host adapter. The "Root fs not mounted" message occurs when you try to load any module before / is mounted.