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

[Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>]

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 22:59 -0800, 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?

There's another thread concerning that kaboom, and I think the culprit
is known?

	-Mike

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