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

Greg KH
2006-10-31T07:59:03Z

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:30:01PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:37:47PM -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.
> >
> >Merely change CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED to be set to yes, and it should
> >all work just fine. Doesn't anyone read the Kconfig help entries for
> >new kernel options?
>
> 1. This doesn't fix it.

I think acpi is now being fingered here, right?

> 2. Breaking things by default with an option to unbreak them is not
> the finest of plans ;-)

Yes, I have now changed the default for that option to be on to help
guide people even better than before.

thanks,

greg k-h