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* 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-09  9:07     ` Norbert Preining
       [not found]       ` <20030809130641.A8174@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-09  9:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: lkml

Hi friends!

I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
which is the root fs.

I tells me all the usual stuff concerning that it finds the controllers
(VIA and HPT) and disks/cdroms, but than hangs with
	cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
I have compile in (of course) the filesystems of my root fs (ext3) and
everything else I thought may be necessary, or at least what has been
necessary up to 2.4.22-rc2.

hardware: athlon, via686 ide + hpt366/370 ide, linux is un hdb

here my config options for ide:
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y

for FS:
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m

Unfortunately I cannot capture the output of the boot of 2.6.0, but I
would happily compare it to one's dmesg output. So if you have 2.6.0
running with via686 can you send me the dmesg after boot, so that I can
check what there should be or what I  am missing.

Thanks a lot

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 10:46 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs gaxt
@ 2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 11:56   ` Herbert Pötzl
                     ` (2 more replies)
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  1 sibling, 3 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-09 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Sam, 09 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341

tried it already with 
	root=0341
and 
	root=341
on the lilo prompt. No change.

(Beside the kernel telling me:
	VFS: Cannot mount root fs "341" or "hdb1"

Best wishes

Norbert

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* 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-09 10:46 gaxt
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: gaxt @ 2003-08-09 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: preining, linux-kernel

 > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
 > which is the root fs.

Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-09 11:56   ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-09  9:07     ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 11:58   ` Henrik Storner
  2003-08-09 13:48   ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-09 11:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining; +Cc: gaxt, linux-kernel

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 12:40:24PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Sam, 09 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> > Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341
> 
> tried it already with 
> 	root=0341
> and 
> 	root=341
> on the lilo prompt. No change.
> 
> (Beside the kernel telling me:
> 	VFS: Cannot mount root fs "341" or "hdb1"

are you using devfs? if so, the devfs device name
would be apropriate root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1

how does the lilo config look like, and what kernel
command line is reported on boot ...

best,
Herbert

> Best wishes
> 
> Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 11:56   ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-09 11:58   ` Henrik Storner
  2003-08-09 13:48   ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Henrik Storner @ 2003-08-09 11:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

In <20030809104024.GA12316@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> writes:

>On Sam, 09 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
>> Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341

>tried it already with 
>	root=0341
>and 
>	root=341
>on the lilo prompt. No change.

Did you patch up or install the full tree ? I had this problem 
when I patched 2.6.0-test1 -> 2.6.0-test2.

Rebuilding a fully downloaded source tree appears to have fixed
it for me in -test2. Will try -test3 now.
-- 
Henrik Storner <henrik@hswn.dk> 

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-09 11:56   ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-09 11:58   ` Henrik Storner
@ 2003-08-09 13:48   ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Felipe Alfaro Solana @ 2003-08-09 13:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining; +Cc: gaxt, LKML

On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 12:40, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Sam, 09 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> > Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341

Justa stupid guess, but the format has been changed. Instead, try

root=03:41


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 10:46 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs gaxt
  2003-08-09 10:40 ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
                     ` (2 more replies)
  1 sibling, 3 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Mr. James W. Laferriere @ 2003-08-09 14:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt; +Cc: preining, linux-kernel

	He3llo Gaxt ,  Is this change to the lilo.conf funtionality
	documented someplace ?  It is not in the halloween-2.5 document .
		Tia ,  JimL

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
>  > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
>  > which is the root fs.
> Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
@ 2003-08-09 14:38     ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  2003-08-09 15:19       ` DVD Problems 2.6.0-test3 & 2.6.0-test2-mm5 gaxt
  2003-08-09 15:01     ` 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Henrik Ræder Clausen
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Mr. James W. Laferriere @ 2003-08-09 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt; +Cc: preining, linux-kernel

	Hello Gaxt ,  I take it that there is no documentation of the
	change to the 'Kernel's 'root' parameter syntax ?  Tia ,  JimL

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> It's not a lilo issue (ie. I use grub) I ran into the issue when I first
> started with the 2.6.0 series test kernels.

> Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > 	He3llo Gaxt ,  Is this change to the lilo.conf funtionality
> > 	documented someplace ?  It is not in the halloween-2.5 document .
> > 		Tia ,  JimL

> > On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> >> > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
> >> > which is the root fs.
> >>Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
@ 2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
  2003-08-09 14:38     ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  2003-08-09 15:01     ` 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Henrik Ræder Clausen
  2003-08-10 21:17   ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
  2 siblings, 2 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: gaxt @ 2003-08-09 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mr. James W. Laferriere; +Cc: preining, linux-kernel

It's not a lilo issue (ie. I use grub) I ran into the issue when I first 
started with the 2.6.0 series test kernels.


Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> 	He3llo Gaxt ,  Is this change to the lilo.conf funtionality
> 	documented someplace ?  It is not in the halloween-2.5 document .
> 		Tia ,  JimL
> 
> On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, gaxt wrote:
> 
>> > I am trying 2.6.0-test3 but cannot get the kernel to mount /dev/hdb1
>> > which is the root fs.
>>Try changing in your bootloader root=/dev/hdb1 to root=341



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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
  2003-08-09 14:38     ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
@ 2003-08-09 15:01     ` Henrik Ræder Clausen
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Henrik Ræder Clausen @ 2003-08-09 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt, Mr. James W. Laferriere; +Cc: preining, linux-kernel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gaxt" <gaxt@rogers.com>
To: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>

> It's not a lilo issue (ie. I use grub) I ran into the issue when I first
> started with the 2.6.0 series test kernels.

   I had it occasionally in the 2.5.X series, as well as with 2.6.0-test2.
To me it seems like some apparently unrelated config setting causes this.
I'd go over the config again, change a few settings that seem to make
sense - but nothing obvious - then recompile and get a healthy kernel.

   I'm using Grub and ext3, for the record.


    -Henrik


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* DVD Problems 2.6.0-test3 & 2.6.0-test2-mm5
  2003-08-09 14:38     ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
@ 2003-08-09 15:19       ` gaxt
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: gaxt @ 2003-08-09 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

DVDs play fine in 2.4.21 but will not play in 2.6.0-test2-mm5 or 
2.6.0-test3. With ogle, this is what spits out:

dave@localhost dave $ ogle
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00000182
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB (0x00000182)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00020316
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB (0x00020316)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 1 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
FATAL[ogle_mpeg_ps]: dvdreadblocks failed
dave@localhost dave $

I tried several DVDs and three gave the above error and one worked but I 
suspect the working one had no copy-protection encoding (low budget 
release unlike the two others: Jeeves & Wooster and Blackadder and Dirty 
Harry).

Unfortunately, I never tested DVD with the other 2.6.0 kernel releases.


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
@ 2003-08-10 21:17   ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-10 22:43     ` Andrew Morton
  2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-10 21:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt, Henrik Ræder Clausen, Francois Romieu, linux-kernel,
	Felipe Alfaro Solana, Mr. James W. Laferriere, Brown, Len

Thanks to all of you for the several suggestions, but none was
successfull till now:

I tried as boot cmd line:
	s root=03:41 acpi=off
and still it didn't work. Same problem.

And I am not using devfs.

My lilo looks like this:
boot = /dev/hda2
install = /boot/boot-bmp.b
bitmap = /boot/debian-bootscreen-woody.bmp
bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0
bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17
bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0
read-only
prompt
timeout=100
password=""
  mandatory
vga=0x317
...
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3
        label=2.6.0-test3
        append="amd_disconnect=yes"
        read-only
        restricted

Where amd_disconnect a patch is which sets a bit in the pci register to
allow the athlon to disconnect during idle, which greatly decreases my
cpu/mobo temperature. But this is not done till the place were the root
fs should have been loaded.


Best wishes

Norbert

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Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-10 21:17   ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-10 22:43     ` Andrew Morton
  2003-08-11  5:34       ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2003-08-10 22:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining
  Cc: gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro, babydr, len.brown

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>
> I tried as boot cmd line:
>  	s root=03:41 acpi=off
>  and still it didn't work. Same problem.

It is decimal.  You want 03:65.


Could you test this patch?  It should put things back to the way
they were before this mini-fisaco. root=0341 should work as well.


 init/do_mounts.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -puN init/do_mounts.c~handle-old-dev_t-format init/do_mounts.c
--- 25/init/do_mounts.c~handle-old-dev_t-format	2003-08-09 16:15:24.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-09 16:17:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -71,13 +71,19 @@ static dev_t __init try_name(char *name,
 	if (len <= 0 || len == 32 || buf[len - 1] != '\n')
 		goto fail;
 	buf[len - 1] = '\0';
-	/*
-	 * The format of dev is now %u:%u -- see print_dev_t()
-	 */
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%u:%u", &maj, &min) == 2)
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%u:%u", &maj, &min) == 2) {
+		/*
+		 * Try the %u:%u format -- see print_dev_t()
+		 */
 		res = MKDEV(maj, min);
-	else
-		goto fail;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Nope.  Try old-style "0321"
+		 */
+		res = (dev_t)simple_strtoul(buf, &s, 16);
+		if (*s)
+			goto fail;
+	}
 
 	/* if it's there and we are not looking for a partition - that's it */
 	if (!part)

_


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-10 22:43     ` Andrew Morton
@ 2003-08-11  5:34       ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-11 14:59         ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-11  5:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro, babydr, len.brown

On Son, 10 Aug 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I tried as boot cmd line:
> >  	s root=03:41 acpi=off
> >  and still it didn't work. Same problem.
> 
> It is decimal.  You want 03:65.

Still no success. With acpi=off and without.


> Could you test this patch?  It should put things back to the way
> they were before this mini-fisaco. root=0341 should work as well.

Also no success.

Maybe I am stupid, but 
	make mrproper
	make distclean
	make config deb bzImage modules modules_install
should be enough to make a clean kernel? And, AFAIK, I compiled in ext3
and all other necessary stuff. Soon I give up.

Best wishes

Norbert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
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BEAULIEU HILL
The optimum vantage point from which one to view people undressing in
the bedroom across the street.
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11  5:34       ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-11 14:59         ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-11 15:40           ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-11 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining
  Cc: Andrew Morton, gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro,
	babydr, len.brown

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:34:37AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Son, 10 Aug 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > I tried as boot cmd line:
> > >  	s root=03:41 acpi=off
> > >  and still it didn't work. Same problem.
> > 
> > It is decimal.  You want 03:65.
> 
> Still no success. With acpi=off and without.
> 
> 
> > Could you test this patch?  It should put things back to the way
> > they were before this mini-fisaco. root=0341 should work as well.
> 
> Also no success.
> 
> Maybe I am stupid, but 
> 	make mrproper
> 	make distclean
> 	make config deb bzImage modules modules_install
> should be enough to make a clean kernel? And, AFAIK, I compiled in ext3
> and all other necessary stuff. Soon I give up.

make config
make

should be sufficient (dep, bzImage, modules is not required)

maybe you could provide your .config?

best,
Herbert

> Best wishes
> 
> Norbert
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 14:59         ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-11 15:40           ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-11 18:53             ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-11 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton, gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro,
	babydr, len.brown

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> > Maybe I am stupid, but 
> > 	make mrproper
> > 	make distclean
> > 	make config deb bzImage modules modules_install
> > should be enough to make a clean kernel? And, AFAIK, I compiled in ext3
> > and all other necessary stuff. Soon I give up.
> 
> make config
> make

OK, I used the old way ;-)

I sent the vital parts (or the parts I thought vital) in my first email,
bu there is my current .config:

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16
# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set
# CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT is not set
# CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
CONFIG_MK7=y
# CONFIG_MK8 is not set
# CONFIG_MELAN is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
# CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y
# CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL is not set
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_I8K is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
# CONFIG_EDD is not set
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y

#
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
#
CONFIG_PM=y
# CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is not set

#
# ACPI Support
#
CONFIG_ACPI=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_HT_ONLY is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
# CONFIG_APM is not set

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set

#
# Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA)
#
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
# CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC is not set
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# CONFIG_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200 is not set
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y

#
# PCMCIA/CardBus support
#
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set

#
# PCI Hotplug Support
#
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set

#
# Executable file formats
#
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m

#
# Generic Driver Options
#
# CONFIG_FW_LOADER is not set

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y

#
# Plug and Play support
#
# CONFIG_PNP is not set

#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_LBD is not set

#
# ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO=y

#
# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_TCQ is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# SCSI device support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NSP32 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set

#
# Fusion MPT device support
#
# CONFIG_FUSION is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set

#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set

#
# Networking support
#
CONFIG_NET=y

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_NET_KEY=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_INET_AH=y
CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y

#
# IP: Virtual Server Configuration
#
# CONFIG_IP_VS is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set

#
# IP: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPFWADM is not set
CONFIG_XFRM_USER=m

#
# SCTP Configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=y
# CONFIG_IP_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_TUN is not set
# CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=y
# CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
# CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_VORTEX=y
# CONFIG_TYPHOON is not set

#
# Tulip family network device support
#
# CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
# CONFIG_B44 is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set
# CONFIG_E100 is not set
# CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
# CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_8139CP is not set
CONFIG_8139TOO=m
# CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set
# CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET is not set
# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
# CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set

#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
# CONFIG_E1000 is not set
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_IXGB is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
CONFIG_PPP_FILTER=y
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
# CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
# CONFIG_PPPOE is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set

#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y

#
# Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)
#
# CONFIG_STRIP is not set

#
# Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support
#
CONFIG_AIRO=m
CONFIG_HERMES=m
CONFIG_PLX_HERMES=m
CONFIG_TMD_HERMES=m
CONFIG_PCI_HERMES=m
CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y

#
# Token Ring devices (depends on LLC=y)
#
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN_BOOL is not set

#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1280
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input I/O drivers
#
CONFIG_GAMEPORT=m
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=m
CONFIG_GAMEPORT_NS558=m
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_L4 is not set
CONFIG_GAMEPORT_EMU10K1=m
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_VORTEX is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT_CS461x is not set
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PARKBD is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
# CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ANALOG=m
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_A3D is not set
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ADI=m
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_COBRA is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GF2K is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GRIP is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GRIP_MP is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GUILLEMOT is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_INTERACT is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SIDEWINDER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TMDC is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE is not set
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_WARRIOR=m
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_MAGELLAN is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SPACEORB is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SPACEBALL is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_STINGER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TWIDDLER is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_DB9 is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GAMECON is not set
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDUMP is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACPI is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is not set

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_PPDEV is not set
# CONFIG_TIPAR is not set

#
# I2C support
#
CONFIG_I2C=m
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
# CONFIG_I2C_PROSAVAGE is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_PHILIPSPAR is not set
# CONFIG_SCx200_ACB is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCF is not set
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m

#
# I2C Hardware Sensors Mainboard support
#
# CONFIG_I2C_ALI1535 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_AMD756 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_AMD8111 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_I801 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_NFORCE2 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_PIIX4 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_SIS96X is not set
CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO=m

#
# I2C Hardware Sensors Chip support
#
# CONFIG_SENSORS_ADM1021 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_IT87 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM85 is not set
# CONFIG_SENSORS_LM78 is not set
CONFIG_SENSORS_VIA686A=m
# CONFIG_SENSORS_W83781D is not set
CONFIG_I2C_SENSOR=m

#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set

#
# IPMI
#
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set

#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
CONFIG_NVRAM=m
CONFIG_RTC=y
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
# CONFIG_SONYPI is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=m
# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD_8151 is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=m
CONFIG_DRM=y
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y
CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=m

#
# Multimedia devices
#
CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m

#
# Video For Linux
#
CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS=y

#
# Video Adapters
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_W9966 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA5249 is not set
# CONFIG_TUNER_3036 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_ZR36120 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_MXB is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DPC is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_HEXIUM_ORION is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_HEXIUM_GEMINI is not set

#
# Radio Adapters
#
# CONFIG_RADIO_GEMTEK_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MAXIRADIO is not set
# CONFIG_RADIO_MAESTRO is not set

#
# Digital Video Broadcasting Devices
#
# CONFIG_DVB is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BTCX is not set

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set

#
# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set

#
# Pseudo filesystems
#
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y

#
# Miscellaneous filesystems
#
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD is not set
# CONFIG_EXPORTFS is not set
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CIFS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
# CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
# CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_NEC98_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-15"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y

#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
# CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=m
# CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set

#
# Generic devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MTPAV is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MPU401 is not set

#
# PCI devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AZT3328 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4281 is not set
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME96 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS4000 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1712 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1724 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set

#
# ALSA USB devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set

#
# Open Sound System
#
CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1=m
# CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1980 is not set

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=m
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
# CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD is not set
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH_TTY is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MIDI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT is not set

#
# USB Human Interface Devices (HID)
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_HID_FF is not set
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y

#
# USB HID Boot Protocol drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_KBD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
CONFIG_USB_WACOM=m
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set

#
# USB Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_VICAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DSBR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set
CONFIG_USB_PWC=m
# CONFIG_USB_SE401 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set

#
# USB Network adaptors
#
# CONFIG_USB_AX8817X is not set
# CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set
CONFIG_USB_KAWETH=m
CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS=m
# CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set

#
# USB port drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TIGL is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BRLVGER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TEST is not set
CONFIG_USB_GADGET=m
# CONFIG_USB_NET2280 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ZERO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ETH is not set

#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BT is not set

#
# Profiling support
#
# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_IOVIRT is not set
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
# CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set
CONFIG_X86_EXTRA_IRQS=y
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y

#
# Security options
#
# CONFIG_SECURITY is not set

#
# Cryptographic options
#
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=y
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST is not set

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_CRC32=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y



Best wishes

Norbert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
`The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick
your finger down his throat...'
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                 --- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 15:40           ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-11 18:53             ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-11 21:50               ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-11 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining
  Cc: Andrew Morton, gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro,
	babydr, len.brown


Hi Norbert!

your config seems reasonable to me ...

> I tells me all the usual stuff concerning that it finds 
> the controllers (VIA and HPT) and disks/cdroms, but than 
> hangs with
>        cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1

AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...

if, on the other hand, the message looks like ...

-----------
VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
-----------

then this means that "hdb1" was the device given at
the kenel command line (as root=/dev/hdb1) and the
'unknown-block(0,0)' is the major/minor the kernel 
recognized ...

you should pay special attention to the disc/partition
discovery done by the IDE subsystem ...

-----------
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 65537 sectors (33 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=65/16/63
hda: hda1 
hdb: 131074 sectors (67 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=130/16/63
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
...
-----------

maybe you could attach a serial console (line)
and capture the boot process, and report it ...

HTH,
Herbert


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 18:53             ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-11 21:50               ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-11 22:21                 ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-11 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton, gaxt, henrik, romieu, linux-kernel, felipe_alfaro,
	babydr, len.brown

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> your config seems reasonable to me ...

Good to know.

> -----------
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> -----------

Yes, it is like this.

> maybe you could attach a serial console (line)
> and capture the boot process, and report it ...

I copied most of it to paper, so here it is, for sure with some typing
errors:

Everything up to hear I couldn't read (maybe I find a laptop or other
device for serial communication):
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on
pci0000::00:07.1
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
hda: IRQ probe failed (0xfffffcfa)  **** this line only with acpi
                                    **** when running with acpi=off it
                                    **** does not occur
hdb: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1402, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
HPT370A: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0e.0
HPT370A: chipset revision 4
HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
HPT370A: 100% native mode on IRQ 11
    ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
    ide3: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
hde: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive
ide2 at 0xd000-0xd007,0xd402 on irq 11
hdg: IBM-DTTA-350840, ATA DISK drive
ide3 at 0xd800-0xd807,0xdc02 on irq 11
hda: max request size 128 KiB
hda: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=5005/255/63,
UDMA(100)
        hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
hdb: max request size 128 KiB
hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63,
UDMA(100)
        hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11
hdb12>
hde: max request size 128 KiB
hde: 40020624 sectors (20491 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=39703/16/63,
UDMA(100)
        hde: hde1
hdg: max request size 128 KiB
hdg: 16514064 sectors (8455 MB) w/467KiB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63,
UDMA(33)
        hdg: hdg1
hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.31
hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM ....
Console ...
...
blabla
...
VFS: cannot mount ...


So it looks like my disks are recognized, the partitions are recognized,
but somehow I am missing the
	ide-disk attached
or similar message.


Maybe this helps someone to have an idea!

Best wishes and thanks a lot

Norbert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The cry of alacrity with which a sprightly eighty-year-old breaks the
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 21:50               ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-11 22:21                 ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-12  1:52                   ` Mark W. Alexander
  2003-08-12  5:39                   ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-11 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:50:58PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> > your config seems reasonable to me ...
> 
> Good to know.
> 
> > -----------
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > -----------
> 
> Yes, it is like this.

like or exactly like? 

unfortunately this line is missing in your copy ...
(as well as the lines regarding hdb discovery ;)

best,
Herbert

> 
> > maybe you could attach a serial console (line)
> > and capture the boot process, and report it ...
> 
> I copied most of it to paper, so here it is, for sure with some typing
> errors:
> 
> Everything up to hear I couldn't read (maybe I find a laptop or other
> device for serial communication):
> VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
> VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
> VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> idebus=xx
> VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on
> pci0000::00:07.1
>     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
>     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> hda: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
> hda: IRQ probe failed (0xfffffcfa)  **** this line only with acpi
>                                     **** when running with acpi=off it
>                                     **** does not occur
> hdb: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1402, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdd: PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> HPT370A: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0e.0
> HPT370A: chipset revision 4
> HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
> HPT370A: 100% native mode on IRQ 11
>     ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
>     ide3: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
> hde: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive
> ide2 at 0xd000-0xd007,0xd402 on irq 11
> hdg: IBM-DTTA-350840, ATA DISK drive
> ide3 at 0xd800-0xd807,0xdc02 on irq 11
> hda: max request size 128 KiB
> hda: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=5005/255/63,
> UDMA(100)
>         hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> hdb: max request size 128 KiB
> hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63,
> UDMA(100)
>         hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11
> hdb12>
> hde: max request size 128 KiB
> hde: 40020624 sectors (20491 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=39703/16/63,
> UDMA(100)
>         hde: hde1
> hdg: max request size 128 KiB
> hdg: 16514064 sectors (8455 MB) w/467KiB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63,
> UDMA(33)
>         hdg: hdg1
> hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.31
> hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM ....
> Console ...
> ...
> blabla
> ...
> VFS: cannot mount ...
> 
> 
> So it looks like my disks are recognized, the partitions are recognized,
> but somehow I am missing the
> 	ide-disk attached
> or similar message.
> 
> 
> Maybe this helps someone to have an idea!
> 
> Best wishes and thanks a lot
> 
> Norbert
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 22:21                 ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-12  1:52                   ` Mark W. Alexander
  2003-08-12  6:28                     ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-12  5:39                   ` Norbert Preining
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Mark W. Alexander @ 2003-08-12  1:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Herbert Pötzl; +Cc: Norbert Preining, linux-kernel

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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Herbert [iso-8859-1] Pötzl wrote:

> > hdg: max request size 128 KiB
> > hdg: 16514064 sectors (8455 MB) w/467KiB Cache, CHS=16383/16/63,
> > UDMA(33)
> >         hdg: hdg1
> > hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.31
> > hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM ....
> > Console ...
> > ...
> > blabla
> > ...
> > VFS: cannot mount ...

Are you using an initrd image and if so, are you using the new
initrd-tools?  I was having this problem before upgrading
initrd-tools. 2.6 does not support compressed ROM initrd images, so
even though it sees your partitions it can't load the _initial_ root.

mwa
--
Mark W. Alexander
slash@dotnetslash.net


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-11 22:21                 ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-12  1:52                   ` Mark W. Alexander
@ 2003-08-12  5:39                   ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-12 12:26                     ` Herbert Pötzl
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-12  5:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Herbert Pötzl

On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> > > -----------
> > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > -----------
> > 
> > Yes, it is like this.
> 
> like or exactly like? 

Ok, here is the exact output with different root= options:

root=/dev/hdb1
	Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or hdb1
	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

root=0341
	Cannot open root device "0341" or hdb1
	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

root=03:41
	Cannot open root device "03:41" or unknown-block(0,0)
	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

root=03:65
	Cannot open root device "03:65" or unknown-block(0,0)
	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

> (as well as the lines regarding hdb discovery ;)

Why? Isnt't this line what you meant: (From my previous email)

> > hdb: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
...
> > hdb: max request size 128 KiB
> > hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63, UDMA(100)
> >         hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11 hdb12>
...

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12  1:52                   ` Mark W. Alexander
@ 2003-08-12  6:28                     ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-12  6:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark W. Alexander; +Cc: Herbert Pötzl, linux-kernel

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Mark W. Alexander wrote:
> > > VFS: cannot mount ...
> 
> Are you using an initrd image and if so, are you using the new

No, but to be on the sure side I rebuild a kernel with
	CONFIG_INITRD is not set
and got the same effect.

I think I give up. Hundreds of Alt-PrintScr-b are disturbing ;-)

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12  5:39                   ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-12 12:26                     ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-12 12:31                       ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-12 12:44                       ` jeff millar
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-12 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Norbert Preining; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:39:56AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> > > > -----------
> > > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> > > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > > -----------
> > > 
> > > Yes, it is like this.
> > 
> > like or exactly like? 
> 
> Ok, here is the exact output with different root= options:

now this makes some sense ...

> root=/dev/hdb1
> 	Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or hdb1
> 	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

here obviously root wasn't set to a string, but
device hdb1 is passed as in kernel setting?

> root=0341
> 	Cannot open root device "0341" or hdb1
> 	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

this seems correct, but maybe some bug kicks in ...

> root=03:41
> 	Cannot open root device "03:41" or unknown-block(0,0)
> 	Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> 
> root=03:65
> 	Cannot open root device "03:65" or unknown-block(0,0)
> 	Please append a correct "root=" boot option

the other options are obviously passed as root=
but can not be interpreted/resolved to a device

my assumption would be that you use the lilo root option
and do not pass the root= as kenel boot option ...

I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try,
and/or update lilo or change to grub ...

> > (as well as the lines regarding hdb discovery ;)
> 
> Why? Isnt't this line what you meant: (From my previous email)

because IC35L040AVER07-0 .... is very unlikely to be a kernel message ...

> > > hdb: IC35L040AVER07-0 ....
> ...
> > > hdb: max request size 128 KiB
> > > hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63, UDMA(100)
> > >         hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11 hdb12>
> ...

best,
Herbert

> Best wishes
> 
> Norbert
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität Wien
> gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> The lecherous looks exchanged between sixteen-year-olds at a party
> given by someone's parents.
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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 12:26                     ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-12 12:31                       ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-12 12:44                       ` jeff millar
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-12 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> my assumption would be that you use the lilo root option
> and do not pass the root= as kenel boot option ...
> 
> I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try,
> and/or update lilo or change to grub ...

I tried *all* the variants with passing
	root=....
on the lilo line, so it is passed to the kernel and not via rdev or
something else.

> > > (as well as the lines regarding hdb discovery ;)
> > 
> > Why? Isnt't this line what you meant: (From my previous email)
> 
> because IC35L040AVER07-0 .... is very unlikely to be a kernel message ...

The hard disk is an IC35L...:
(running 2.4.22-rc2):

[~] cat /proc/ide/hdb/model 
IC35L040AVER07-0

> > > > hdb: max request size 128 KiB
> > > > hdb: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=79780/16/63, UDMA(100)
> > > >         hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11 hdb12>


So it *IS* recognized. But why not mounted.

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 12:26                     ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-12 12:31                       ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-12 12:44                       ` jeff millar
  2003-08-12 23:52                         ` Thomas Molina
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: jeff millar @ 2003-08-12 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: herbert, Norbert Preining; +Cc: linux-kernel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Pötzl" <herbert@13thfloor.at>
To: "Norbert Preining" <preining@logic.at>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
>
> I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try,
> and/or update lilo or change to grub ...
>

I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub.  Here's the
grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install.

2.4.20 works with root=0303.  But I've tried all the variants after root=
(03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#       boot=/dev/hda
# 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug
#       in processing root=device names
#       changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number
#       hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03
# But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now
#
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test3)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3 ro root=03:03
#       initrd /initrd-2.6.0-test3.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.9)
        root (hd0,0)
        Kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9 ro root=0303
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=/dev/hda3
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 12:44                       ` jeff millar
@ 2003-08-12 23:52                         ` Thomas Molina
  2003-08-13 16:59                           ` Paul Dickson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Molina @ 2003-08-12 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeff millar; +Cc: herbert, Norbert Preining, linux-kernel

> > I would suggest to give append="root=/dev/hdb1" a try,
> > and/or update lilo or change to grub ...
> >
> 
> I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub.  Here's the
> grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install.
> 
> 2.4.20 works with root=0303.  But I've tried all the variants after root=
> (03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works
> 
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> #          root (hd0,0)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #       boot=/dev/hda
> # 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug
> #       in processing root=device names
> #       changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number
> #       hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03
> # But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now

I have a hard time believing that 2.6.0-test kernels have this bug.  There 
must be something else going on here.  This is my grub.conf file:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this 
file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,7)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda8
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.8)
        root (hd0,7)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.8 ro root=/dev/hda8 vga=792 
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-19.8.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test2-0808)
        root (hd0,7)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test2-0808 ro root=/dev/hda8 vga=792 



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* SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
  2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
  2003-08-10 21:17   ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-13  6:15   ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
                       ` (2 more replies)
  2 siblings, 3 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-13  6:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt, Henrik Ræder Clausen, Francois Romieu, linux-kernel,
	Felipe Alfaro Solana, Mr. James W. Laferriere, Brown, Len,
	Andrew Morton, Mark W. Alexander, jeff millar, Thomas Molina,
	Christian Mautner, Andrey Borzenkov, Herbert Pötzl

On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote:
> Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich

The solution is:
	Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2
and 
	DO NOT USE patch

I patched up the kernel from 2.5.20 or something and there seemed to be
an error somewhere on the way up. Getting a *clean* kernel tar file,
compile with the same .config, running.

This is the use of patches!

Best wishes

Norbert

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AINDERBY STEEPLE (n.)
One who asks you a question with the apparent motive of wanting to
hear your answer, but who cuts short your opening sentence by leaning
forward and saying 'and I'll tell you why I ask...' and then talking
solidly for the next hour.
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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-13  6:30       ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13 12:07     ` jeff millar
  2003-08-13 13:24     ` SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 " Christian Mautner
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-13  6:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Norbert Preining" ; +Cc: linux-kernel


congratulations :)

-----Original Message-----

> 
> On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote:
> > Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich
> 
> The solution is:
> 	Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2
> and 
> 	DO NOT USE patch
> 
> I patched up the kernel from 2.5.20 or something and there seemed to be
> an error somewhere on the way up. Getting a *clean* kernel tar file,
> compile with the same .config, running.
> 
> This is the use of patches!
> 

well, I always do make distclean after patch ... I cannot afford
loading 30MB every week.



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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
@ 2003-08-13  6:30       ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-13  6:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrey Borzenkov; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Mit, 13 Aug 2003, "Andrey Borzenkov"  wrote:
> congratulations :)

:-)))

> well, I always do make distclean after patch ... I cannot afford
> loading 30MB every week.

I *ALWAYS* do 
	make distclean
and
	make mrproper
and all other incantations of cleaning, too! This was NOT the problem,
but a wrongly diff file obviously messed up the kernel.

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
@ 2003-08-13 12:07     ` jeff millar
  2003-08-13 12:30       ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-13 13:24     ` SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 " Christian Mautner
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: jeff millar @ 2003-08-13 12:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gaxt, Henrik Ræder Clausen, Francois Romieu, linux-kernel,
	Felipe Alfaro Solana, Mr. James W. Laferriere, Brown, Len,
	Andrew Morton, Mark W. Alexander, Thomas Molina,
	Christian Mautner, Andrey Borzenkov, Herbert Pötzl,
	Norbert Preining

Nope...  For the reported problem I had with grub and root=/dev/hda3, it was
with a fresh tar file.

As someone said, this "can't happen".  And as someone else said, "It comes
and goes with random changes in .config file"

jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norbert Preining" <preining@logic.at>
To: "gaxt" <gaxt@rogers.com>; "Henrik Ræder Clausen" <henrik@fangorn.dk>;
"Francois Romieu" <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
"Felipe Alfaro Solana" <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>; "Mr. James W.
Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>; "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>;
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@osdl.org>; "Mark W. Alexander"
<slash@dotnetslash.net>; "jeff millar" <wa1hco@adelphia.net>; "Thomas
Molina" <tmolina@cablespeed.com>; "Christian Mautner" <chm@istop.com>;
"Andrey Borzenkov" <arvidjaar@mail.ru>; "Herbert Pötzl"
<herbert@13thfloor.at>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:15 AM
Subject: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs


> On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote:
> > Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich
>
> The solution is:
> Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2
> and
> DO NOT USE patch
>
> I patched up the kernel from 2.5.20 or something and there seemed to be
> an error somewhere on the way up. Getting a *clean* kernel tar file,
> compile with the same .config, running.
>
> This is the use of patches!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität
Wien
> gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5
B094
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> AINDERBY STEEPLE (n.)
> One who asks you a question with the apparent motive of wanting to
> hear your answer, but who cuts short your opening sentence by leaning
> forward and saying 'and I'll tell you why I ask...' and then talking
> solidly for the next hour.
> --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
>


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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13 12:07     ` jeff millar
@ 2003-08-13 12:30       ` Herbert Pötzl
       [not found]         ` <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-13 12:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeff millar
  Cc: gaxt, Henrik Ræder Clausen, Francois Romieu, linux-kernel,
	Felipe Alfaro Solana, Mr. James W. Laferriere, Brown, Len,
	Andrew Morton, Mark W. Alexander, Thomas Molina,
	Christian Mautner, Andrey Borzenkov, Norbert Preining

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:07:20AM -0400, jeff millar wrote:
> Nope...  For the reported problem I had with grub and root=/dev/hda3, it was
> with a fresh tar file.
> 
> As someone said, this "can't happen".  And as someone else said, "It comes
> and goes with random changes in .config file"

so is there still somebody who is not able to boot,
despite of 16 different versions of root=wossname?

if so, I'm willing to make a small patch, which does
_a_lot_of_ status output and checks around this
code ... so it might be possible to track down any
issues/bugs ...

pleas let me know,
Herbert

> jeff
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Norbert Preining" <preining@logic.at>
> To: "gaxt" <gaxt@rogers.com>; "Henrik Ræder Clausen" <henrik@fangorn.dk>;
> "Francois Romieu" <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
> "Felipe Alfaro Solana" <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>; "Mr. James W.
> Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>; "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>;
> "Andrew Morton" <akpm@osdl.org>; "Mark W. Alexander"
> <slash@dotnetslash.net>; "jeff millar" <wa1hco@adelphia.net>; "Thomas
> Molina" <tmolina@cablespeed.com>; "Christian Mautner" <chm@istop.com>;
> "Andrey Borzenkov" <arvidjaar@mail.ru>; "Herbert Pötzl"
> <herbert@13thfloor.at>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:15 AM
> Subject: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
> 
> 
> > On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote:
> > > Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich
> >
> > The solution is:
> > Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2
> > and
> > DO NOT USE patch
> >
> > I patched up the kernel from 2.5.20 or something and there seemed to be
> > an error somewhere on the way up. Getting a *clean* kernel tar file,
> > compile with the same .config, running.
> >
> > This is the use of patches!
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Norbert
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>         Technische Universität
> Wien
> > gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5
> B094
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > AINDERBY STEEPLE (n.)
> > One who asks you a question with the apparent motive of wanting to
> > hear your answer, but who cuts short your opening sentence by leaning
> > forward and saying 'and I'll tell you why I ask...' and then talking
> > solidly for the next hour.
> > --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
> >

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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
       [not found]         ` <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
@ 2003-08-13 13:24           ` Herbert Pötzl
       [not found]             ` <009b01c362d5$13838b90$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-13 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeff millar; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:42:12AM -0400, jeff millar wrote:
> I didn't try 16 versions but did try at least
> 
>     /dev/hda3, 0303, 03:03, hda3
> 
> All with grub.conf similar to below
> 
> Please let me know if I need to try something else with grub.. If you have a
> patch, I'll try it tonite and email the results to you and the list.

here is the patch, please try to capture/copy
all lines starting with $$ (and the ones immediately
following) ... 

boot okay ...

$$ name_to_dev_t() >/dev/hda1<
$$ check >hda1<
$$ check >hda1< (<31)
$$ try_name() I
$$ try_name() >hda1<,0
$$ open >/sys/block/hda1/dev< = -1
$$ fail
$$ strtoul >1< -> 1
$$ try_name() II
$$ try_name() >hda<,1
$$ open >/sys/block/hda/dev< = 0
$$ read 0[32] = >3:0
< (4)
$$ buf: >3:0<
$$ mkdev (3,0) -> 768
$$ open2 >/sys/block/hda/range< = 0
$$ read2 0[32] = >64
< (3)
$$ buf: >64<
$$ strtoul >64< -> 64
$$ 1 < 64 ?
$$ name_to_dev_t() done
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.


device not present ...

$$ name_to_dev_t() >/dev/hdc1<
$$ check >hdc1<
$$ check >hdc1< (<31)
$$ try_name() I
$$ try_name() >hdc1<,0
$$ open >/sys/block/hdc1/dev< = -1
$$ fail
$$ strtoul >1< -> 1
$$ try_name() II
$$ try_name() >hdc<,1
$$ open >/sys/block/hdc/dev< = -1
$$ fail
$$ name_to_dev_t() failed
$$ name_to_dev_t() done
VFS: Cannot open root device "hdc1" or unknown-block(0,0)


patch below ...
-----------------

diff -NurP --minimal linux-2.6.0-test3/init/do_mounts.c linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test3/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-09 16:31:35.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-13 15:15:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@
 
 	/* read device number from .../dev */
 
+	printk("$$ try_name() >%s<,%d\n", name, part);
 	sprintf(path, "/sys/block/%s/dev", name);
 	fd = open(path, 0, 0);
+	printk("$$ open >%s< = %d\n", path, fd);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto fail;
 	len = read(fd, buf, 32);
+	printk("$$ read %d[32] = >%*s< (%d)\n", fd, len, buf, len);
 	close(fd);
 	if (len <= 0 || len == 32 || buf[len - 1] != '\n')
 		goto fail;
@@ -74,9 +77,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * The format of dev is now %u:%u -- see print_dev_t()
 	 */
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%u:%u", &maj, &min) == 2)
+	printk("$$ buf: >%s<\n", buf);
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%u:%u", &maj, &min) == 2) {
 		res = MKDEV(maj, min);
-	else
+		printk("$$ mkdev (%d,%d) -> %d\n", maj, min, res);
+	} else
 		goto fail;
 
 	/* if it's there and we are not looking for a partition - that's it */
@@ -86,21 +91,27 @@
 	/* otherwise read range from .../range */
 	sprintf(path, "/sys/block/%s/range", name);
 	fd = open(path, 0, 0);
+	printk("$$ open2 >%s< = %d\n", path, fd);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto fail;
 	len = read(fd, buf, 32);
+	printk("$$ read2 %d[32] = >%*s< (%d)\n", fd, len, buf, len);
 	close(fd);
 	if (len <= 0 || len == 32 || buf[len - 1] != '\n')
 		goto fail;
 	buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+	printk("$$ buf: >%s<\n", buf);
 	range = simple_strtoul(buf, &s, 10);
+	printk("$$ strtoul >%s< -> %d\n", buf, range);
 	if (*s)
 		goto fail;
 
 	/* if partition is within range - we got it */
+	printk("$$ %d < %d ?\n", part, range);
 	if (part < range)
 		return res + part;
 fail:
+	printk("$$ fail\n");
 	return (dev_t) 0;
 }
 
@@ -130,27 +141,32 @@
 	dev_t res = 0;
 	int part;
 
+	printk("$$ name_to_dev_t() >%s<\n", name);
 	sys_mkdir("/sys", 0700);
 	if (sys_mount("sysfs", "/sys", "sysfs", 0, NULL) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) != 0) {
 		res = (dev_t) simple_strtoul(name, &p, 16);
+		printk("$$ strtoul >%s< -> %d\n", name, res);
 		if (*p)
 			goto fail;
 		goto done;
 	}
 	name += 5;
 	res = Root_NFS;
+	printk("$$ check >%s<\n", name);
 	if (strcmp(name, "nfs") == 0)
 		goto done;
 
+	printk("$$ check >%s< (<31)\n", name);
 	if (strlen(name) > 31)
 		goto fail;
 	strcpy(s, name);
 	for (p = s; *p; p++)
 		if (*p == '/')
 			*p = '.';
+	printk("$$ try_name() I\n");
 	res = try_name(s, 0);
 	if (res)
 		goto done;
@@ -160,7 +176,9 @@
 	if (p == s || !*p || *p == '0')
 		goto fail;
 	part = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
+	printk("$$ strtoul >%s< -> %d\n", p, part);
 	*p = '\0';
+	printk("$$ try_name() II\n");
 	res = try_name(s, part);
 	if (res)
 		goto done;
@@ -168,19 +186,23 @@
 	if (p < s + 2 || !isdigit(p[-2]) || p[-1] != 'p')
 		goto fail;
 	p[-1] = '\0';
+	printk("$$ try_name() III\n");
 	res = try_name(s, part);
 done:
+	printk("$$ name_to_dev_t() done\n");
 	sys_umount("/sys", 0);
 out:
 	sys_rmdir("/sys");
 	return res;
 fail:
+	printk("$$ name_to_dev_t() failed\n");
 	res = (dev_t) 0;
 	goto done;
 }
 
 static int __init root_dev_setup(char *line)
 {
+	printk("$$ root_dev_setup() >%s<\n", line);
 	strlcpy(saved_root_name, line, sizeof(saved_root_name));
 	return 1;
 }


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* Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-13 12:07     ` jeff millar
@ 2003-08-13 13:24     ` Christian Mautner
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Christian Mautner @ 2003-08-13 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Norbert Preining

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:15:46AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote:
> > Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich
> 
> The solution is:
> 	Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2
> and 
> 	DO NOT USE patch

I'm pretty sure the problem is related to the file 
usr/initramfs_data.S. This file is automatically created by the
usr/Makefile, but not deleted by mrproper or distclean (in -test1). 

See l-k thread "remove initramfs temp files" of Aug 8.

The patch to -test2 contained the file usr/initramfs_data.S, and the
patch process fails since it's trying to create it. I ended up
accidently with garbage in usr/initramfs_data.S, to the effect that
the symbol .init.ramfs was empty (could be told from System.map),
which in turn had the effect that in init/initramfs.c the function
unpack_to_rootfs() was called with a length of 0 (&__initramfs_end ==
&__initramfs_start), which in turn prevented this very initial root
file system which is needed to mount root.

A warning message in unpack_to_rootfs() if it is called with a length
of 0 would have been very helpful.

Having make distclean remove initramfs_data.S would be very good
practice as well.

chm.

-- 
christian mautner -- chm bei istop punkt com -- ottawa, canada

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 23:52                         ` Thomas Molina
@ 2003-08-13 16:59                           ` Paul Dickson
  2003-08-14  4:09                             ` jeff millar
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Paul Dickson @ 2003-08-13 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: wa1hco, herbert, preining, Thomas Molina

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:52:50 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:

> > I'm getting the same sorts of error messages with grub.  Here's the
> > grub.conf file...originally generated by a Redhat 9 install.
> > 
> > 2.4.20 works with root=0303.  But I've tried all the variants after root=
> > (03:03, 0303, hda3, /dev/hda3) and nothing works
> > 
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> > # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> > #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> > #          root (hd0,0)
> > #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> > #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> > #       boot=/dev/hda
> > # 2.6.0-test kernels apparently have bug
> > #       in processing root=device names
> > #       changed to major:minor where minor is letter*64 + partition number
> > #       hdb1 = 03:65, hda3=03:03
> > # But, that didn't work for 2.4.20...trying 0303 now
> 
> I have a hard time believing that 2.6.0-test kernels have this bug.  There 
> must be something else going on here.  This is my grub.conf file:

If you're running RH9, try the non-kernel RPMs found at
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/

I haven't had any trouble getting 2.6.0-test started with these.

	-Paul


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-13 16:59                           ` Paul Dickson
@ 2003-08-14  4:09                             ` jeff millar
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: jeff millar @ 2003-08-14  4:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Dickson, linux-kernel; +Cc: herbert, preining, Thomas Molina

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Dickson" <dickson@permanentmail.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <wa1hco@adelphia.net>; <herbert@13thfloor.at>; <preining@logic.at>;
"Thomas Molina" <tmolina@cablespeed.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs


> If you're running RH9, try the non-kernel RPMs found at
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/
>
> I haven't had any trouble getting 2.6.0-test started with these.

Already have all those installed



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* 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs
       [not found]                   ` <20030815132619.GB3695@www.13thfloor.at>
@ 2003-08-16  0:34                     ` jeff millar
  2003-08-16 15:00                       ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: jeff millar @ 2003-08-16  0:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: herbert; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List

Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3
filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message

   ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) )  ext2_read_super: mounting ext3
filesystem as ext2
   VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly

So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module.
I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03
without any luck.

I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same
results

> > > ============================================
> > > Case 2: grub, no initrd, kernel=/vmlinux-2.6.0-test3 ro root=/dev/hda3
> > >
> > > ...stuff scrolled off the screen...
> > > check >hda3<
> > > check <hda3< (<31)
> > > try_name() I
> > > try_name() >hda3<,0
> > > open > /dys/block/hda3/dev< = -1
> > > fail
> > > strtoul >3< -> 3
> > > try_name() II
> > > try_name hda < 3
> > > open >/sys/block/hda/dev< = 0
> > > read 0[32]=>3:0
> > > 5^(4)
> > > buf: >3:0<
> > > mkdev(3,0) -> 768
> > > open2 >/sys/block/hda/range< = 0
> > > read2 0[32] => 764
> > > < (3)
> > > buf: >64<
> > > strtoul >64< -> 64
> > > name to dev_t() done
> > > VFS: cannot open root dev "hda3" or hda3

Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in.

Any suggestions for what to try next?

jeff


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-16  0:34                     ` 2.6.0-test3 _still_ " jeff millar
@ 2003-08-16 15:00                       ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-16 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeff millar; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List


Hi Jeff!

On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:34:37PM -0400, jeff millar wrote:
> Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3
> filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message
> 
>    ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) )  ext2_read_super: mounting ext3
> filesystem as ext2
>    VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> 
> So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module.
> I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03
> without any luck.
> 
> I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same
> results
> 
> Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in.
> 
> Any suggestions for what to try next?

appended a short patch, which goes ontop of my other
debug patch ... this time, please concentrate on the
%% lines and the lines immediately above and below ...

best,
Herbert

> jeff

--- linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-13 15:15:23.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0-test3-debug-P1/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-16 16:57:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -277,7 +277,11 @@
 	get_fs_names(fs_names);
 retry:
 	for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1) {
-		int err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data);
+                int err;
+                
+                printk("%%%% do_mount_root() >%s<,>%s<, %08x ...\n", name, p, flags);
+                err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data);
+                printk("%%%% ret = %d\n", err);
 		switch (err) {
 			case 0:
 				goto out;


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
@ 2003-08-13  5:17   ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-13  5:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Norbert Preining" ; +Cc: linux-kernel



-----Original Message-----

> 
> On Die, 12 Aug 2003, "Andrey Borzenkov"  wrote:
> > > 	cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
> > > I have compile in (of course) the filesystems of my root fs (ext3)
> > 
> > and you have tried to add rootfstype=ext3?
> 
> Yes. No change. Also in combination with all root= options and also with
> ext2.
> 

would you mind adding printk to mount_block_root to show
on which filesystem it fails and with which error? Something like

printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s for fs %s error=%d\n",
                               root_device_name, b, p, err);

-andrey

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 13:23 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
@ 2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
  2003-08-13  5:17   ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Norbert Preining @ 2003-08-12 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrey Borzenkov; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Die, 12 Aug 2003, "Andrey Borzenkov"  wrote:
> > 	cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
> > I have compile in (of course) the filesystems of my root fs (ext3)
> 
> and you have tried to add rootfstype=ext3?

Yes. No change. Also in combination with all root= options and also with
ext2.

Best wishes

Norbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
@ 2003-08-12 14:21   ` Christophe Saout
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Christophe Saout @ 2003-08-12 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: herbert; +Cc: Andrey Borzenkov, linux-kernel

Am Di, 2003-08-12 um 16.06 schrieb Herbert Pötzl:

> please provide the file and line number, where
> linux-2.6.0-test3 contains the string "cannot mount rootfs".
> (or where this string is synthesized)
> I am not able to locate it ...

I think he means:

init/do_mounts.c - line 278

panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", __bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b));

--
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Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 14:16 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

>> 
>> > > cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
>> > 
>> > AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...
>> 
>> there is
>
> please provide the file and line number, where
> linux-2.6.0-test3 contains the string "cannot mount rootfs".
> (or where this string is synthesized)
> I am not able to locate it ...

oops, I actualy meant "Cannot open root device". Apparently the
above is synthesized message :)



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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
  2003-08-12 13:22 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
@ 2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
  2003-08-12 14:21   ` Christophe Saout
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Pötzl @ 2003-08-12 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrey Borzenkov; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:22:13PM +0400, "Andrey Borzenkov"  wrote:
> 
> >>        cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
> >
> > AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...
> 
> there is

please provide the file and line number, where
linux-2.6.0-test3 contains the string "cannot mount rootfs".
(or where this string is synthesized)
I am not able to locate it ...

> > if, on the other hand, the message looks like ...
> >
> > -----------
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > -----------
> 
> he does not pass it in append line. He is using root= option in lilo.
> actually my lilo does pass "root=341" in this case while the above means lilo omits any root= command line option and relies on compiled-in ROOT_DEV

already suggested that, but he says, it doesn't
work either ... 

best,
Herbert

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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 13:23 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Norbert Preining" ; +Cc: linux-kernel

> 	cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
> I have compile in (of course) the filesystems of my root fs (ext3)

and you have tried to add rootfstype=ext3?

-andrey


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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12 13:22 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
  2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 45+ messages in thread
From: "Andrey Borzenkov"  @ 2003-08-12 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: herbert; +Cc: linux-kernel


>>        cannot mount rootfs "NULL" or hdb1
>
> AFAIK, there is no such message in 2.6.0-test3 ...

there is


> if, on the other hand, the message looks like ...
>
> -----------
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> -----------

he does not pass it in append line. He is using root= option in lilo.
actually my lilo does pass "root=341" in this case while the above means lilo omits any root= command line option and relies on compiled-in ROOT_DEV





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* Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs
@ 2003-08-12  7:37 Daniel Blueman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 45+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Blueman @ 2003-08-12  7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Norbert,

Try changing the entry in /etc/fstab from 'LABEL=/' to '/dev/hda' (sda, hdb,
etc) as appropriate.

-- 
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2003-08-09 11:56   ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-09  9:07     ` Norbert Preining
     [not found]       ` <20030809130641.A8174@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
     [not found]         ` <01a201c35e65$0536ef60$ee52a450@theoden>
2003-08-09 11:58   ` Henrik Storner
2003-08-09 13:48   ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-09 14:32 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-08-09 14:48   ` gaxt
2003-08-09 14:38     ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-08-09 15:19       ` DVD Problems 2.6.0-test3 & 2.6.0-test2-mm5 gaxt
2003-08-09 15:01     ` 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Henrik Ræder Clausen
2003-08-10 21:17   ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-10 22:43     ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-11  5:34       ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 14:59         ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-11 15:40           ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 18:53             ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-11 21:50               ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-11 22:21                 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12  1:52                   ` Mark W. Alexander
2003-08-12  6:28                     ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12  5:39                   ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12 12:26                     ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12 12:31                       ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-12 12:44                       ` jeff millar
2003-08-12 23:52                         ` Thomas Molina
2003-08-13 16:59                           ` Paul Dickson
2003-08-14  4:09                             ` jeff millar
2003-08-13  6:15   ` SOLUTION " Norbert Preining
2003-08-13  6:27     ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
2003-08-13  6:30       ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-13 12:07     ` jeff millar
2003-08-13 12:30       ` Herbert Pötzl
     [not found]         ` <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
2003-08-13 13:24           ` Herbert Pötzl
     [not found]             ` <009b01c362d5$13838b90$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
     [not found]               ` <20030815030013.GA9587@www.13thfloor.at>
     [not found]                 ` <00a401c3632a$80dd2a20$6401a8c0@wa1hco>
     [not found]                   ` <20030815132619.GB3695@www.13thfloor.at>
2003-08-16  0:34                     ` 2.6.0-test3 _still_ " jeff millar
2003-08-16 15:00                       ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-13 13:24     ` SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 " Christian Mautner
2003-08-12  7:37 Daniel Blueman
2003-08-12 13:22 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
2003-08-12 14:06 ` Herbert Pötzl
2003-08-12 14:21   ` Christophe Saout
2003-08-12 13:23 "Andrey Borzenkov" 
2003-08-12 20:43 ` Norbert Preining
2003-08-13  5:17   ` "Andrey Borzenkov" 
2003-08-12 14:16 "Andrey Borzenkov" 

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