linux-kernel - Re: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke my system boot

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Message-Id: <1244186233.11597.106.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:17:12 -0400
From:	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Robert Berger <robert.berger@...iableembeddedsystems.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke my system boot

On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 14:31 +0800, Balbir Singh wrote:
> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> [2009-06-03 21:45:26]:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:39:44PM +0800, Balbir Singh wrote:
> > > After spending some time figuring out why my system failed to reboot,
> > > checking config options, kernel version, modules installed. I figured
> > > out that the patch in http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke
> > > the system boot on the latest mmotm. Reverting it helped my system
> > > call depmod and hence boot.
> > > 
> > > The patch is really unhelpful, since the changelog is completely
> > > empty. Sigh!
> > 
> > Yeah, sorry for not nak'ing it earlier. Has been busy.
> > Andrew removed it from -mm and I notified the author about the
> > problems with the patch (in private mail it seems - I just replied to what I had).
> 
> Cool! Thanks for the update. I'll get the latest mmotm and test as
> well.

The general idea of using the cross-depmod is good though :) We have had
a few people recently run their newer host depmod and wonder why their
older embedded device can't read the new binary index files.

Jon.


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