Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262727AbVE1OG6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:06:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262726AbVE1OG6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:06:58 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:25536 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262727AbVE1OGx (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:06:53 -0400 Subject: Re: How to find if BIOS has already enabled the device From: Alan Cox To: Parag Warudkar Cc: John Livingston , Aleksey Gorelov , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200505280957.46853.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> References: <0EF82802ABAA22479BC1CE8E2F60E8C31B5206@scl-exch2k3.phoenix.com> <200505272150.15109.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> <4297E475.3040906@comcast.net> <200505280957.46853.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1117289090.2390.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:04:52 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 15 On Sad, 2005-05-28 at 14:57, Parag Warudkar wrote: > This current problem of Hang-On-Boot if USB drive is attached does not happen > with Windows - so it is some sort of additional (unnecessary?) thing which > Linux does and the BIOS doesn't like. (Like re-enabling the controller even > if BIOS has already enabled it or some such.) Provide dmesg output and we might be able to guess. The first obvious candidate would be the BIOS refusing to do a handover if it booted from USB disk. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/