Subject: NFS problem - nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch

From: Jun Sun <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:21:57 -0800

I use nfs root fs to boot my MIPS box.  However, after several reboots, I
sometimes get the following error message.  Most of the time it seems
harmless, but sometime it seems that /proc may not get mounted.  Does anybody
have an idea?

...
Sending BOOTP requests.... OK
IP-Config: Got BOOTP answer from 10.23.3.2, my address is 10.23.3.17
kmem_create: Forcing size word alignment - nfs_fh
Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 10.23.3.2
Looking up port of RPC 100005/2 on 10.23.3.2
VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).
Freeing unused kernel memory: 100k freed
nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch
expected (0x305/0x1d265), got (0x305/0xd0d6)
nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch
expected (0x305/0xd0d6), got (0x305/0x1d265)
...

Jun