Re: 2.5.2-dj2 hangs loading real time clock driver

Duncan Sands (duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr)
Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:25:43 +0100


On Sunday 20 January 2002 10:24 pm, Duncan Sands wrote:
> On Friday 18 January 2002 6:17 pm, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 11:38:00AM +0100, Duncan Sands wrote:
> > > I decided to give 2.5.2-dj2 a whirl. It hangs at the following point:
> > > Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference
> > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
> > > (hangs)
> >
> > Ok, I got a repeatable similar case here, which seemed to have
> > been scheduler related. Solved by updating the scheduler to Ingo's
> > latest and greatest. Give -dj3 a whirl when it comes out in a few
> > hours.
>
> I gave it a try but it didn't help. Since I have the same problem with
> vanilla 2.5.2, it's not a problem with your patches. I will dig deeper
> now...

It was a devfs bug. Richard Gooch's latest patch fixed it. Thanks
Richard!

Duncan.
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