linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc7

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Message-ID: <45C17E4C.1030509@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:44:44 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"S.ÃaÄlar Onur" <caglar@...dus.org.tr>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Mark Huang <mlhuang@...Princeton.EDU>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc7

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, S.ÃaÄlar Onur wrote:
>> I think i found the cause of the problem, initramfs can't handle hardlinks 
>> anymore (which works with 2.6.18), copying same /sbin/busybox binary with 
>> different names into initramfs (which ends ups with 50 MB image) or using 
>> symbolic ones instead of hards seems works.
> 
> Ok, it would still be interesting to hear what triggered this.
> 

It would be interesting to know what the inode numbers are in the image; 
also, what is the exact behaviour -- do you end up with a missing link, 
or do both entries end up getting hard-linked to an empty file?

	-hpa

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