[PATCH] powerpc: Fix size of st_nlink on 64bit

Stephen Rothwell sfr at canb.auug.org.au
Sun Jun 3 12:28:50 EST 2012


Hi Anton,

On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 21:34:52 +1000 Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org> wrote:
>
> commit e57f93cc53b7 (powerpc: get rid of nlink_t uses, switch to
> explicitly-sized type) changed the size of st_nlink on ppc64 from
> a long to a short, resulting in boot failures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>

Would this affect my (early user mode) boot problems reported yesterday;

/init: 71: mknod: Permission denied
/init: 88: mknod: Permission denied
/init: 88: mknod: Permission denied

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
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