Re: cannot open initial console

[Matheus Izvekov]

On 2/23/06, Matheus Izvekov <mizvekov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/22/06, Matheus Izvekov <mizvekov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > When i tried kernel 2.6.15.4, i noticed i cant boot it, i get
> > "warning: cannot open initial console" then it reboots. I've searched
> > for it and found the breakage occurs from 2.6.15.1 to 2.6.15.2
> >
> > Before i start to bisect to find the culpirit, and as there were few
> > changes, anyone has a good guess about what broke it?
> >
> > Thanks all in advance.
> >
>
> Found the bad patch by reversing by hand.
>
> diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
> index 42afb5b..9c38f10 100644
> --- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
> @@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static void handle_attrs(struct super_bl
>                         REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt &= ~(1 << REISERFS_ATTRS);
>                 }
>         } else if (le32_to_cpu(rs->s_flags) & reiserfs_attrs_cleared) {
> -               REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt |= REISERFS_ATTRS;
> +               REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt |= (1 << REISERFS_ATTRS);
>         }
>  }
>
> Reversing this fixes the problem, double checked it. What was that
> patch supposed to do anyway?
>

Adding Vitaly Fertman to this thread, as he is the one who seems to
have submitted that patch.
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