linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 (problem with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:36:28 -0500
From:	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
To:	gowrishankar.m@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Carsten Emde <ce@...g.ch>,
	Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>,
	Robin Gareus <robin@...eus.org>,
	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>,
	Philippe Reynes <philippe.reynes@...smpp.fr>,
	Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@...ma.Stanford.EDU>,
	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich@...ell.com>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 (problem with
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2)

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:16:15 +0530
gowrishankar <gowrishankar.m@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Only if I set CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y, I could successfully boot
> which I have tested with this kernel in same system.
> 
> Is it not set by default from 2.6.31 onwards ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gowri

I wasn't sure when it would move from 'y' to 'n', but looks like .31 is
it. You'll need that option back on for booting on RHEL (since the boot
infrastructure uses the old /sys format) but I don't think you'll need
it for Fedora. Not sure about SLERT. Bet Greg Haskins would know
though :)

Clark

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