RE: Possible problem with devfs removable drives patch

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Borsenkow Andrej writes:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > Odd. This should never happen. If you look at the code for
> > devfs_register_disc(), you will see the very first line:
> >     if (dev->part[minor].de) return;
> > 
> > which prevents duplicate registrations. The only way I can see this
> > failing is if the "disc" entry for a different device is registered,
> > but *the parent directory names are the same*. You can test this by
> > putting a debugging line two lines after the call to
> > devfs_generate_path() thus:
> >     printk ("Constructed: \"%s\"", dirname + 3 + pos);
> > 
> > and then send me the kernel messages between the PIIX4: message and
> > the error message you highlighted.
> 
> You mean attached patch? Robert could you try it?

Yes, that patch is correct.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Current:   rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx