> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:20:36 -0600 (CST)
rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob Tracy) wrote:
>
> > Completely reproducible... 2.6.23-rc3 kernel boots, and normal messages
> > are seen on console as far as disks found and partitions on each. However,
> > once /dev is populated and the boottime scripts attempt to check filesystem
> > status, no partitions on either of the two disks attached to the SCSI
> > controller are seen. Dropping into a single-user root shell confirms
> > the sudden "blindness": fdisk can't open /dev/sda.
> >
> > When I reboot on 2.6.24-rc2, everything works normally.
> >
> > System environment is Debian Etch. Both 2.6.24-rc2 and -rc3 were built
> > from the respective unaltered kernel.org source trees, using the same
> > kernel configuration modulo saying "no" to CONFIG_SENSORS_I5K_AMB and
> > CONFIG_PID_NS in -rc3. No problems with -rc3 on a x86 box.
>
> Could be something change in sysfs. Please double-check the config
> options, make sure that something important didn't get disabled.
>
> Failing that, it would be great if you could bisect this down to the
> offending commit.
http://www.kernel.org/doc/local/git-quick.html has help.
>
> Richard, Ivan: have you seen anything like this?
>
> Meanwhile, I guess we should track this as another post-2.6.23 regression
> please.
