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

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Message-ID: <454990F7.8040408@google.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:32:23 -0800
From:	"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@...gle.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	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

Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:26:12PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>>>>> Even with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED enabled?  For some reason I'm guessing
>>>>> that you missed that suggestion a while back...
>>>> Yes - Enabling CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED didn't help.
>>> Ok, you are correct, for a stupid reason, this option didn't correctly
>>> work for a range of device types (I can get into the gory details if
>>> anyone really cares...)
>>>
>>> I've now fixed this up, and a few other bugs that I kept tripping on
>>> (which others also hit), and have refreshed my tree so that the next -mm
>>> will be much better in this area.
>>>
>>> If the problem persists (and I've built a zillion different kernels in
>>> different configurations today testing to make sure it doesn't), please
>>> let me know.
>>>
>>> I can post updated patches here if people want them.
>>>
>>> thanks for everyone's patience, I appreciated it.
>> Thanks for fixing this up. If you could post a diff somewhere against
>> either mainline or -mm, would make it easy to run through
>> test.kernel.org before you wake up tommorow ;-)
> 
> Oops, the newest -mm just came out without any of the driver core
> patches in it due to the problems.  I'll wait until the next -mm release
> then, and try to go catch up on my pending-patch-queue right now
> instead...

If we can test it out of sync, it'd save potentially messing up another
-mm cycle. The problem is that it blocks lots of other patches from
getting tested ...

M.
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