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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: devfs / eth micro-problems
From:       Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook () arm ! com>
Date:       2000-08-11 11:09:46
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At 04:44 AM 8/10/00, Andries wrote:
>(i) People complain that with devfs compiled into the kernel
>(but not in use) mounting by uuid or label fails.

I have another issue with devfs: I am starting it from boot, but when I 
shutdown the shutdown script cannot unmount /dev, and the machine hangs. 
Anyone know what the solution is?

(ii) I noticed recently one some machine that the two
>ethernet cards had interchanged names. And indeed,
>if I am not mistaken the 2.4.0-test2 change to eth_setup
>causes the familiar ether=0,0,eth1 boot parameter to
>assign the eth1 name to the first detected card.
>I am inclined to consider this a buglet -
>it is a bit inconvenient if one has to test kernel version
>in the boot scripts.

Might this be the cause of the 3c509 problems I reported a while ago (and 
which Donald says a number of other people have reported to him)? If the 
ethernet card wasn't being initialised properly, perhaps you would get the 
effect I am seeing (no link light, TXs always collide)?

What needs to happen to the driver to adapt to these changes?

Ruth


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Ruth 
Ivimey-Cook                       ruthc@sharra.demon.co.uk
Technical 
Author, ARM Ltd              ruth.ivimey-cook@arm.com


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