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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: MAC firmware does not load due to (commit 288d5abe usermodehelper)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:11:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110928171115.GA5909@netboy.at.omicron.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFy4aZPdUNBR0O3SP1iRRJyeF9kPZxH9G_eYdxueYskF4g@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:21:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Something seems to be calling ioctl() befor rest_init() has even
> completed. Which sounds odd, but I wonder if the schedule() there
> before it might have let 'init' get going.

It does look like it. The init is busybox, and the startup script does
mount, syslogd, and then ifup, so that all can go by quickly.

> Does something like the attached (UNTESTED) fix it?

Yup, problem cured.

Thanks,
Richard


      reply	other threads:[~2011-09-28 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-28 12:06 Richard Cochran
2011-09-28 15:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-09-28 17:11   ` Richard Cochran [this message]

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