Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 07:53:15PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > Here is fedora's initrd nash script from my system. I modified it with > the sleep lines. > > It already is creating the /dev node with 'mkrootdev /dev/root' > I don't think udev is even running yet. Something else is causing this. > >

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 08:14:29PM -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > On Mar 21, 2005, at 19:19, Andrew Morton wrote: > >Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Jens is right that this is a user space issue, but how many people are > >>going to find this out the hard way when their root drives stop > >>

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 07:57:04PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:49:36 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jon, what distro are you using? > > Up2date Fedore Core 3 Ok, sounds like a distro issue, try filing a bug in their bugzilla :) thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscri

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Mar 21, 2005, at 19:19, Andrew Morton wrote: Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jens is right that this is a user space issue, but how many people are going to find this out the hard way when their root drives stop mounting. Since no one is complaining I have to assume that most kernel develop

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Jon Smirl
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:49:36 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The distros that use udev have already all worked out these issues with > their init scripts and such, so it shouldn't be an issue anymore. > > Jon, what distro are you using? The mkinitrd script is broken for up2date Fedore

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Jon Smirl
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:49:36 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon, what distro are you using? Up2date Fedore Core 3 -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo inf

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't agree that this is a userspace issue. It's just not sane for a > > > driver to be in an unusable state for an arbitrary length of time after > > > modprobe returns. > > > > It is

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Jon Smirl
Here is fedora's initrd nash script from my system. I modified it with the sleep lines. It already is creating the /dev node with 'mkrootdev /dev/root' I don't think udev is even running yet. Something else is causing this. echo "Loading libata.ko module" insmod /lib/libata.ko echo "Loading ata_p

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Jon Smirl
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:38:08 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 04:19:25PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > (Adds lots of cc's. I trust that's OK). > > > > Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > No, I think Jens wants all of the distributions to fix it

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Andrew Morton
Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't agree that this is a userspace issue. It's just not sane for a > > driver to be in an unusable state for an arbitrary length of time after > > modprobe returns. > > It is a userspace issue. If you have a static /dev there are no > problems, right?

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 04:19:25PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > (Adds lots of cc's. I trust that's OK). > > Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, I think Jens wants all of the distributions to fix it. I have > > filed a bug with Fedora on it. > > > > Something changed in the timin

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-21 Thread Andrew Morton
(Adds lots of cc's. I trust that's OK). Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I think Jens wants all of the distributions to fix it. I have > filed a bug with Fedora on it. > > Something changed in the timing for loading drivers during boot. You > used to be able to do: > modprobe ata_pi

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-15 Thread Jens Axboe
On Tue, Mar 15 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > Is this problem still being tracked? > > I have figured out a work around of adding a 1 second pause in nash > after the ata_piix driver is loaded. Something has changed in the > driver initialization timing such that later stages of boot try to > access the

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-15 Thread Jon Smirl
Is this problem still being tracked? I have figured out a work around of adding a 1 second pause in nash after the ata_piix driver is loaded. Something has changed in the driver initialization timing such that later stages of boot try to access the driver before the driver has created the device w

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-12 Thread Jon Smirl
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:15:30 +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: > > > Here's a big clue, if I build ata_piix in I can boot. If it is a > > module I can't. The console output definitely shows that the module is > > being loaded. > > Of course I am not an exp

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-12 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Jon Smirl wrote: > Here's a big clue, if I build ata_piix in I can boot. If it is a > module I can't. The console output definitely shows that the module is > being loaded. Of course I am not an expert here, but I want to rule out some trivial userspace things first. Some time ago Greg KH said

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:11:37 -0800, Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:52:59PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > Here's a big clue, if I build ata_piix in I can boot. If it is a > > module I can't. The console output definitely shows that the module is > > being loaded.

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Matt Mackall
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:52:59PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > Here's a big clue, if I build ata_piix in I can boot. If it is a > module I can't. The console output definitely shows that the module is > being loaded. Can you post your config? -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
Here's a big clue, if I build ata_piix in I can boot. If it is a module I can't. The console output definitely shows that the module is being loaded. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
I see: Loading libata.ko module Loading ata_piix.ko module ACPI: PCI interupt :00:1f.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE00 ctl 0xFE12 bmdma 0xFEA0 irq 169 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE20 ctl 0xFE32 bmdma 0xFEA0 irq 169 then raid autorun, one of the raid pa

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jens Axboe
On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:01:55 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what are the major/minor numbers of /dev/root? > > > If I boot on a working system it is 8,5 I see no /dev/sda detected in your system from the dmesg. Ahh this is where it panics

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:01:55 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what are the major/minor numbers of /dev/root? If I boot on a working system it is 8,5 mkrootdev is a nash command mkrootdev path Makes path a block inode for the device which should be mounted

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jens Axboe
On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > Here's what it is doing... looks like the first mount is failing > > echo Creating root device > mkrootdev /dev/root > umount /sys > echo Mounting root filesystem > mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot > mount -t tmpfs --bind /dev /sysroot/dev >

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
Here's what it is doing... looks like the first mount is failing echo Creating root device mkrootdev /dev/root umount /sys echo Mounting root filesystem mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot mount -t tmpfs --bind /dev /sysroot/dev echo Switching to new root switchroot /sysroot umount /

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jens Axboe
On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:31:51 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > LABEL=/ / ext3defaults1 > > > 1 > > > label / is on /dev/sda6 > > > > > > Creating roo

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:31:51 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > > LABEL=/ / ext3defaults1 1 > > label / is on /dev/sda6 > > > > Creating root device > > Mounting root filesystem > > mount: error 6

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jens Axboe
On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > LABEL=/ / ext3defaults1 1 > label / is on /dev/sda6 > > Creating root device > Mounting root filesystem > mount: error 6 mounting ext3 if 6 is the errno, it looks like it is trying to open a device that does

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-10 Thread Jon Smirl
LABEL=/ / ext3defaults1 1 label / is on /dev/sda6 Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to new root Switchroot: mount failed 22 umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 This is what i

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jens Axboe
On Wed, Mar 09 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:09:26 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > probably not worth the bother, looks like barrier problems. get the > > serial console running instead and send the full output, I'll take a > > look in the morning. > > serial cons

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:09:26 +0100, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > probably not worth the bother, looks like barrier problems. get the > serial console running instead and send the full output, I'll take a > look in the morning. serial console boot output attached. > > -- > Jens Axboe >

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jens Axboe
On Wed, Mar 09 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:31:10 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, there are no changes in libata from bk4 to present. The only > > thing I see in the -bk4-bk5 increment diff that's immediately noticeable > > is the barrier stuff. > > bk4

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Jon Smirl wrote: On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:16:44 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jon Smirl wrote: Something in the last 24hrs in linus bk broke my ability to mount root: Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to n

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:31:10 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, there are no changes in libata from bk4 to present. The only > thing I see in the -bk4-bk5 increment diff that's immediately noticeable > is the barrier stuff. bk4 works bk5 is broken Where are these *.key files?

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Jon Smirl wrote: On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:16:44 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jon Smirl wrote: Something in the last 24hrs in linus bk broke my ability to mount root: Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to n

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Steven Cole
Jon Smirl wrote: On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:16:44 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jon Smirl wrote: Something in the last 24hrs in linus bk broke my ability to mount root: Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to n

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:16:44 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: > > Something in the last 24hrs in linus bk broke my ability to mount root: > > > > Creating root device > > Mounting root filesystem > > mount: error 6 mounting ext3 > > mount: error 2 mounting none > > S

Re: current linus bk, error mounting root

2005-03-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Jon Smirl wrote: Something in the last 24hrs in linus bk broke my ability to mount root: Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to new root Switchroot: mount failed 22 umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 If I back off a day everyth