Re: 2.6.13-mm1

[Andrew Morton]

"J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 
> On 1/09/2005 10:58 a.m., Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13/2.6.13-mm1/
> > 
> > - Included Alan's big tty layer buffering rewrite.  This breaks the build on
> >   lots of more obscure character device drivers.  Patches welcome (please cc
> >   Alan).
> > 
> 
> I have problems with udev and latest -mm.
> 2.6.13 boots fine, but 2.6.13-mm1 blocks when starting udev.
> System is Mandriva Cooker. As cooker, things are changing fast (initscripts,
> udev, etc), but the fact is that with the same setup, plain .13 boots
> and -mm1 blocks. Udev is 068 version.
> 
> Any idea about what can be the reason ?
> 

There's some suspect locking in the /proc/devices seq_file conversion code.

Could you revert convert-proc-devices-to-use-seq_file-interface-fix.patch
then convert-proc-devices-to-use-seq_file-interface.patch?

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