Re: 2.6.35-rc4, no boot

[Eric W. Biederman]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:42:09 -0700 Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>> Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > Phenom 9550, 4G ram, asus m2n-sli deluxe mobo, all sata drives (4 + optical 
>> > burner)
>> >
>> > I have now built 35-rc4 4 times, the last 2 with
>> >
>> > 2.6.31-12-mdv.config & make oldconfig (lots of accepts), & build
>> >
>> > And a working .config from 2.6.35-rc3 + make oldconfig (no changes reported) 
>> > & build.
>> >
>> > Both fail at the attached image point booting from a grub2 menu on a 
>> > different drive that has been working with rc3 for quite a few boots but its 
>> > all bitchy this morning so is booted to the mdv 2.6.31-12 kernel above ATM.
>> >
>> > Last .config also attached.
>> >
>> > What do I need to do here?
>> 
>> That does sound bizarre.  You have some weird initrd dependency on the
>> kernel doing something, but it isn't clear to me what that might be.
>> Shrug.
>> 
>> Not being able to mount /dev and /sys feels like they simply weren't
>> compiled in.  But your config suggests otherwise.
>
> I would change the second line below to be enabled:
>
> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
> # CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT is not set
>
> and give that a shot.

That is such a truly evil option. *shiver*

Eric
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