# Re: \[PATCH\] powerpc/fsl: fix "Failed to mount /dev: No such device" errors

- From: Kumar Gala \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-08-22 03:51:50 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/9470880
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/9470879/t.md

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On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Kim Phillips wrote:

> Yocto (Built by Poky 7.0) 1.2 root filesystems fail to boot,
> at least over nfs, with:
>=20
> Failed to mount /dev: No such device
>=20
> Configuring DEVTMPFS fixes it.
>=20
> Note: all non-DEVTMPFS changes are due to the side effects of
> running make savedefconfig.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <redacted>
> ---
> if the savedefconfig effects are undesired, I can re-post
> a two-patch series, the first the result of only running
> savedefconfig, the second the addition of DEVTMPFS.
>=20
> based on Kumar's powerpc.git next branch (commit 1ee9545)
>=20
> arch/powerpc/configs/85xx/p1023rds_defconfig | 31 =
+++++++++------------------
> arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig | 29 =
++++++++-----------------
> arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig |  1 +
> arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig       | 18 +++++-----------
> arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig       | 32 =
+++++++---------------------
> arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig   | 32 =
+++++++---------------------
> 6 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-)

Do split this into 2 patches.. Also do it against 'merge' and not 'next' =
as this fix should go into v3.6.

- k=
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