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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:30:59 +0100
From: Marc Haber <mh+linux-kernel@zugschlus.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.20-ac1 not seeing IDE disk on PIIX host adapter
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On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 08:42:31PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 08:51, Marc Haber wrote:
> > Linux 2.4.20-ac1 sees the PIIX chip, but not the disks connected to
> > it. This of course results in a kernel panic "unable to mount root
> > fs". Same thing happens with 2.4.20-ac2. Vanilla 2.4.20 works fine. Of
> > course, all kernels have been built with the same configuration.
> 
> I'd like to know if 2.4.21pre4-ac6 sees the disks. You don't even need
> to run it beyond the boot, just to check this is the legacy port
> problem.

It probably is, since 2.4.21pre4-ac6 sees the disks. Thanks for your
help.

Since we run 2.4.20ac1 on a bunch of production boxes (needing promise
20277 support), is the bug you are talking about a problem that should
make us upgrade before 2.4.21 release?

Greetings
Marc

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