Re: 2.6.17-mm6

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 01:57:06 +0200
"J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote:
>
> > > 
> > > With -mm6, the kernel doesn't find it. I get this on boot:
> > > 
> > > kinit: try_name sda,1 = dev(8,1)
> > > kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/sda1) = dev(8.1)
> > > kinit: root_dev = dev(8,1)
> > > kinit: failed to identify filesystem /dev/root, trying all
> > > kinit: trying to mount /dev/root on /root with type ext3
> > > kinit: Cannot open root device dev(8,1)
> > > 
> > > I have tried to get this message from -mm1, but could not get it in any log.
> > > But... I remember to see that the boot message is like:
> > > 
> > > kinit: try_name sda,1 = sda1(8,1)
> > >                         ^^^^
> > > I have verified I built -mm6 with ext3,sata-piix and so on, all builtin.
> > > 
> > 
> > Are you able to test just 2.6.17 + origin.patch + git-libata-all.patch?
> > 
> > Also, the full dmesg from 2.6.17-mm6 would help, thanks.
> > 
> 
> It does not reach a point to save the dmesg....
> I can pick my digital camera.

Full dmesg would be better for this one, please.

> Is there a netconsole version for OSX (to attach my ibook and dump dmesg...) ?

All you need is netcat.  google(netcat os-x) looks promising.