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

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Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:30:06 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Fox <drfickle@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc3-mm1 -- missing network adaptors

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.

	-Mike

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