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

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Date:	Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:46:25 -0700
From:	Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich@...ell.com>
To:	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Cc:	gowrishankar.m@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	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>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 (problem with
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2)

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:36 -0500, Clark Williams wrote:
> 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 :)
> 

You need it Y to boot on SLES 10 / SLERT 10 file systems. 

Its ok with 'N' on openSUSE 10.3 or later.

Sven

> Clark

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