Re: 2.6.10-rc1-bk8: hotplug breakage

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Oct 30 2004 - 15:01:54 EST


On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 09:46:47PM +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> this patch:
>
> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/lib/kobject_uevent.c@xxxx
>
> broke hotplug (the firmware loader in my case),
> because the SEQNUM env var will now overwrite an
> env var added by hotplug_ops->hotplug() (e.g. FIRMWARE).

Known bug, see the thread "[Patch] 2.6.10.rc1.bk6 /lib/kobject_uevent.c
buffer issues" for more details and a fix for it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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