The kdev_none change might not be correct, please check. It's the place
in sysrq where the code immediately above syncs local disks, and then
syncs non-local disks. The better change might be to simply remove the
second check altogether, instead of changing it as I have done.
-- Jeff Garzik | Only so many songs can be sung Building 1024 | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue. MandrakeSoft | - nomeansno --------------347F065D0CF87611B8021295 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="char.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="char.patch"diff -u -r1.4 serial.c --- drivers/char/serial.c 2002/01/01 22:41:09 1.4 +++ drivers/char/serial.c 2002/01/01 23:19:45 @@ -5827,7 +5827,7 @@ static kdev_t serial_console_device(struct console *c) { - return MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 64 + c->index); + return mk_kdev(TTY_MAJOR, 64 + c->index); } /* diff -u -r1.2 sysrq.c --- drivers/char/sysrq.c 2001/12/11 04:04:49 1.2 +++ drivers/char/sysrq.c 2002/01/01 23:19:45 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ /* Guesses if the device is a local hard drive */ static int is_local_disk(kdev_t dev) { unsigned int major; - major = MAJOR(dev); + major = major(dev); switch (major) { case IDE0_MAJOR: @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ for (sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.next); sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.next)) - if (!is_local_disk(sb->s_dev) && MAJOR(sb->s_dev)) + if (!is_local_disk(sb->s_dev) && !kdev_none(sb->s_dev)) go_sync(sb, remount_flag); unlock_kernel();
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