Re: 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs

["Herbert Pötzl" <herbert@13thfloor.at>]

Hi Jeff!

On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:34:37PM -0400, jeff millar wrote:
> Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3
> filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message
> 
>    ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) )  ext2_read_super: mounting ext3
> filesystem as ext2
>    VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> 
> So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module.
> I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03
> without any luck.
> 
> I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same
> results
> 
> Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in.
> 
> Any suggestions for what to try next?

appended a short patch, which goes ontop of my other
debug patch ... this time, please concentrate on the
%% lines and the lines immediately above and below ...

best,
Herbert

> jeff

--- linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-13 15:15:23.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0-test3-debug-P1/init/do_mounts.c	2003-08-16 16:57:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -277,7 +277,11 @@
 	get_fs_names(fs_names);
 retry:
 	for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1) {
-		int err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data);
+                int err;
+                
+                printk("%%%% do_mount_root() >%s<,>%s<, %08x ...\n", name, p, flags);
+                err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data);
+                printk("%%%% ret = %d\n", err);
 		switch (err) {
 			case 0:
 				goto out;