Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:35:20 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm2 pata driver confusion + tsc sync issues |
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Ed Sweetman <safemode@comcast.net> wrote: >
(eek, top-posting!)
> 2.6.16-rc2 with the libata patch alan cox provided resulted in a system > which correctly found my atapi drive on the pata bus. > > Also, moving from the mm kernels to 2.6.16-rc2 resulted in my pm timer > working again.
I don't recall that. Even 2.6.16-rc1-mm5? What about rc1-mm4?
> So, it may have been all along that libata had supported my atapi > device, but either the patch when it got merged with mm became broken or > something else in mm broke it, and something else in mm caused my pm > timer to stop being used. > > Hopefully more people chime in with issues like this so the bug can be > tracked down in mm before the offending code makes it's way to a regular > release. > > > Also just to note, the patch to 2.6.16-rc2 alan cox made switches the > load order of pata and sata from mm, resulting in device name changes.
That's bad.
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