EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at boot)
diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig linux-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig 2004-09-30 15:36:07.507035472 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig 2004-09-30 16:33:46.422200440 +0100
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk
BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs.
- This option is experimental, but believed to be safe,
- and most disk controller BIOS vendors do not yet implement this feature.
+ This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some
+ obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do
+ not yet implement this feature.
config EFI_VARS
tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
Alan Cox wrote:
> EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at boot)
Please CC the maintainer of the code, Matt Domsch.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:36:27PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> >EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at
> >boot)
>
> Please CC the maintainer of the code, Matt Domsch.
I sent him a report a couple of days ago
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:36:27PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>>Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>>>EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at
>>>boot)
>>
>>Please CC the maintainer of the code, Matt Domsch.
>
>
> I sent him a report a couple of days ago
It's courtesy to the CC the maintainer on all patches, not just reports...
Jeff
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:52:38PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >I sent him a report a couple of days ago
> It's courtesy to the CC the maintainer on all patches, not just reports...
He was sent the patch in the report too.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 01:52:47PM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at boot)
Sorry, I didn't see your previous message. Certainly fair to apply,
there are at least 2 BIOS versions by different manufacturers which
seem to have problems with this yet.
Thanks,
Matt
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