From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751241AbZERRNG (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 13:13:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751656AbZERRM4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 13:12:56 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:56360 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750930AbZERRMz (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 13:12:55 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Martin Knoblauch Subject: Re: [Bug #13178] Booting very slow Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:13:08 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (Linux/2.6.30-rc6-rjw; KDE/4.2.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List References: <424718.52835.qm@web32607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <424718.52835.qm@web32607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905181913.09048.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 18 May 2009, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki > > To: Linux Kernel Mailing List > > Cc: Kernel Testers List ; Martin Knoblauch > > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:06:02 PM > > Subject: [Bug #13178] Booting very slow > > > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of regressions introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29. Please verify if it still should > > be listed and let me know (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13178 > > Subject : Booting very slow > > Submitter : Martin Knoblauch > > Date : 2009-04-24 12:45 (23 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124057716231773&w=4 > > The issue is still open. It turns out that starting with 2.6.29-rc1 /proc/mounts already has a "sysfs" line when entering the startup scripts from initrd. This breaks the RHEL4 firmware hotplug script. > > Simple fix to user space is available. I do not know how important this issue is. > > Anyway, I am in the process of bisecting the problem. It is just a bit tedious in the my customers and employers environment :-( Thanks a lot for doing this. Best, Rafael