Re: 2001-05-27 patch against 2.4.5

From: Greg KH (gregat_private)
Date: Mon May 28 2001 - 21:34:00 PDT

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    On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:49:00AM -0400, jmjonesat_private wrote:
    > 
    > It appears that umount_root is no longer in the argument 
    > list for "do_umount()" in 2.4.5's fs/super.c, resulting 
    > in problems when trying to compile the patch.  
    > 
    > I'm not familiar enough with the guts of the kernel to 
    > know where to get it from, but it stops the compile so,
    > um, help?
    
    You're right with your patch.  Here's the whole thing against a clean
    2.4.5 for those wanting to try this at home.
    
    And yes, it doesn't seem to boot, but I don't think the do_umount change
    caused this.
    Time to dig up my serial cable, or let Chris fix it :)
    
    thanks,
    
    greg k-h
    
    
    

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