Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755266Ab1FMXR2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:17:28 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:52102 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754661Ab1FMXR1 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:17:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:17:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: problems with mtp , better to make a command-line option to can switch off mtp device search on booting To: werner , David Woodhouse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1998 Lines: 55 So I still think you're crazy to compile in MTD support at all, but hey, I do agree that it is supposed to work. The "L440GX flash mapping failed" message isn't new, and I doubt that that particular driver is the problem. Can you try to narrow it down to _which_ MTD driver causes problems? Enable MTD again, and try to enable about half the devices to "bisect" the issue. Linus On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:06 PM, werner wrote: > I get yesterday an acer laptop with big problems to install Linux > > booting stopped with error messages like: > > physmap_flash.0 failed claim ressource 0 > > L440GX flash mapping failed to find PIIX4 ISA bridge, cannot continue > > Then the computer stopped, but not crashed, the cursor stopped to blink, but > reboot > with CTRL-ALT-DEL didn't work, one had to press the reboot button > > I recompiled the kernel with all MTP things switched off, and that booted. > > However, normally it should be compiled everything in the kernel, and the > kernel > during booting should manage it to see and to use what is existent in the > computer > of the user, without to stick or to crash. > > Probably that is an error already sine time in the kernel, not a recent > regression. > > Better to make a command-line option to can switch off mtp device search on > booting > > wl > > > ================================================= > I have problems to post something from my home computer site ?guyane.yi.org > or SYS-Linux.yi.org : > > Deferred: 451 4.7.1 Hello [93.121.138.180], for recipient address the policy > analysis reported: Greylisted, see > http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/postgrey/help/vger.kernel.org.html > --- > Professional hosting for everyone - http://www.host.ru > -- 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/