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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:09:23 -0400 From: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc7: udevd compatibility issue? Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 02:50:06PM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: >> Having coerced 2.6.25-rc7 onto one notebook here, >> we're now working on the other one. >> >> This one is the Dell Lattitude X1 sub-notebook, with Intel everything and >> 2GB. >> >> On boot, syslog is flooded with "uevent: unsupported action-string;" >> messages. >> The messages claim "this will be ignored in a future kernel", but this is >> not a "future kernel". >> >> So, what purpose do they have in 2.6.25-rc7 ? > > To tell you nicely that your userspace scripts are doing stupid things > :) .. How about having the message *include* the offending value that was attempted to be written? This would make such problems much easier to track down and fix. -ml -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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