Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors

Mike Galbraith
2006-10-31T06:54:34Z

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 22:37 -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 21:14 +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe the initscripts have problems coping with the new layout
> >> (symlinks instead of real devices)?
> >
> > SuSE's /sbin/getcfg for one uses libsysfs, which apparently doesn't
> > follow symlinks (bounces off symlink and does nutty stuff instead). If
> > any of the boxen you're having troubles with use libsysfs in their init
> > stuff, that's likely the problem.
>
> If that is what's happening, then the problem is breaking previously
> working boxes by changing a userspace API. I don't know exactly which
> patch broke it, but reverting all Greg's patches (except USB) from
> -mm fixes the issue.

I just straced /sbin/getcfg again, and confirmed that that is indeed
what is still happening here. It's a known issue (for SuSE at least).

-Mike