Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:35:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jason Baron <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.4.22 |
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > I configured, built and booted Linux-2.4.22. There are > some problems. > > (1) `dmesg` fails to read the first part of the buffered > kernel log. I have attached two files, dmesg-20 (normal)
sounds like the log buffer wrapped around from a lot of printks
> (3) When umounting the root file-system, the machine usually > hangs. The result is a long `fsck` on the next boot. The problem > seems to be that sendmail doesn't get killed during the `init 0` > sequence. It remains with a file open and the root file-system isn't > unmounted. A temporary work-round is to `ifconfig eth0 down` before > starting shutdown. Otherwise, sendmail remains stuck in the 'D' state.
this is likely the unshare_files change, which has been mentioned in several threads as causing similar type issues...i posted a patch that solves the issue, and Alan included a patch in his -ac series, which also addresses this issue.
-Jason
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