Re: 2.3.99-pre8

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Sun May 14 2000 - 06:19:02 EST


Dave Caswell writes:
> I've only been able to get pre8 to boot on my Toshiba 445 laptop by
> turning off all the config options. I'm still working on finding
> which config option is bringing things to a sudden halt.

I'm assuming that you're not using vgacon here, but I think the problem
is probably a parport/procfs interaction. Could you try the following
patch to see if it fixes your problem?

--- orig/fs/Makefile Wed Mar 1 11:38:54 2000
+++ linux/fs/Makefile Sun May 14 09:46:26 2000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                 nfsd nls devpts devfs adfs partitions qnx4 udf bfs cramfs \
                 openpromfs autofs4 ramfs
 
-SUB_DIRS := partitions
+SUB_DIRS :=
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_QUOTA),y)
 O_OBJS += dquot.o
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 O_OBJS += noquot.o
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+SUB_DIRS += proc
+endif
+
+SUB_DIRS += partitions
+
+# Do not add any filesystems before this line
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXT2_FS),y)
 SUB_DIRS += ext2
 else
@@ -91,10 +99,6 @@
   ifeq ($(CONFIG_VFAT_FS),m)
   MOD_SUB_DIRS += vfat
   endif
-endif
-
-ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-SUB_DIRS += proc
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BFS_FS),y)

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