From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272311AbTGYV3o (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:29:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272323AbTGYV3o (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:29:44 -0400 Received: from node152ae.a2000.nl ([24.132.82.174]:33284 "EHLO robben.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272311AbTGYV3l (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:29:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:44:49 +0200 From: Gert Robben To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [DAC960] 2.6.0-test1: device files wrong in devfs Message-ID: <20030725214449.GA12678@gert.robben> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Balsa 2.0.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When I mount devfs in 2.6.0-test1 (and -bk2), I have the following DAC960-related files in /dev (actually, /mnt/dev) without devfsd: /dev/part{1,2,5,6,7} /dev/disc /dev/discs/disc[0-31] (these 32 files are symlinks to "../") I don't have a /dev/rd/ directory. All other files in /dev seem to be in the right place. The relevant lines from dmesg: DAC960#0: /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 88442880 blocks, Write Back devfs_mk_dir: invalid argument.<6> rd/c0d0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 p7 > devfs_mk_dir: invalid argument.<4>devfs_mk_bdev: could not append to parent for /disc (this line shows up 31 times in a row) AFAIK, the last correctly working kernel is 2.5.67. 2.5.68 doesn't work, however I don't know if that's because of the same problem. My hardware: Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P) ALR Revolution 6x6 (Intel 450GX-based Pentium Pro mainboard) 6x Intel PII Overdrive CPU 4 GB mem FWIW, the problem also occurs when I _don't_ enable highmem support. Please CC replies to lkml@gert.robben.nu (I'm not subscribed). Thanks, Gert Robben