Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair J Strachan <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test5-mm4 | Date | Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:17:42 +0100 |
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On Monday 22 September 2003 09:35, Andrew Morton wrote: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test5/2 >.6.0-test5-mm4/ > > > . A series of patches from Al Viro which introduce 32-bit dev_t support > > . Various new fixes > >
Hi Andrew,
-mm4 won't mount my ext3 root device whereas -mm3 will. Presumably this is some byproduct of the dev_t patches.
VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or hda2. Please append correct "root=" boot option. Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda2.
One possible explanation is that I have devfs compiled into my kernel. I do not, however, have it automatically mounting on boot. It overlays /dev (which is populated with original style device nodes) after INIT has loaded.
Perhaps there is some other procedure I must complete before I can use 32bit dev_t?
[alistair] 01:15 PM [/usr/src/linux-2.6] egrep -e "DEVFS" -e "EXT3_FS" .config CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y # CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
[alistair] 01:16 PM [/usr/src/linux-2.6] dmesg | grep p2 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p4
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