Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:42:38 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Jens Benecke <jens-usenet@spamfreemail.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.1mm2: nforce2 / amd74xx IDE driver doesn't load
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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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