2004-01-13 21:16:45

by Jens Benecke

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Subject: Re: 2.6.1mm2: nforce2 / amd74xx IDE driver doesn't load

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> On Tuesday 13 of January 2004 19:11, Jens Benecke wrote:
>
>> PS: this worked in 2.4 (loading the IDE driver later as module, but
>> booting from IDE as well), why doesn't it work in 2.6 any more?
>
> Because 2.6.x is different (most host drivers probe for drives themselves)
> and nobody fixed this issue :-).

Ok ... :) will reporting it here make somebody fix it for 2.6.2 or would I
need to file an official bug report on the kernel bugzilla website?


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2004-01-13 21:43:04

by Adrian Bunk

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Subject: Re: 2.6.1mm2: nforce2 / amd74xx IDE driver doesn't load

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 10:15:57PM +0100, Jens Benecke wrote:
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 13 of January 2004 19:11, Jens Benecke wrote:
> >
> >> PS: this worked in 2.4 (loading the IDE driver later as module, but
> >> booting from IDE as well), why doesn't it work in 2.6 any more?
> >
> > Because 2.6.x is different (most host drivers probe for drives themselves)
> > and nobody fixed this issue :-).
>
> Ok ... :) will reporting it here make somebody fix it for 2.6.2 or would I
> need to file an official bug report on the kernel bugzilla website?

I don't think any of these two possibilities will fix it foor 2.6.2.

The best way to get it fixed is most likely to send a patch that fixes
it. ;-)

> Jens Benecke

cu
Adrian

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