G'day Yann, Excellent! Thanks a lot for your feedback! I'll put this in 1.06-4 then.
Cheers, Andree On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 18:47 +0100, Yann Aubert wrote: > Salut Andree, > > Your patch is working ok! > > I've tested a complete restore without problem. > > Cheers > > Yann > > Le dimanche 26 février 2006 à 12:25 +1100, Andree Leidenfrost a écrit : > > Salut Yann, > > > > Thanks a lot for reporting this issue and for mentioning the workaround > > you found! > > > > I can confirm the problem and it's all my fault: When I made the change > > in 1.06-2 to get DMA to work on VIA chipsets, I relied on the > > ide-generic module to get loaded later, which is wrong as the CD can't > > be accessed because of the missing ide driver - catch 22. Silly me! > > > > mindi unfortunately uses a brute force approach to load modules and to > > satisfy inter-module dependencies. It does not allow for loading modules > > in a particular order. This, however, is exactly what is required to get > > DMA working on VIA chipsets: module via82cxxx needs to get loaded before > > ide-generic does. > > > > The attached patch init_#354145.diff makes it so that ide-core and > > via82cxxx get loaded before the rest of the essential modules. It works > > for me and I believe it should not impact things on non-VIA chipset > > systems. (mindi_#354145.diff simply puts ide-generic back into > > IDE_MODS.) > > > > It would be great if you could apply the two patches, try again and let > > me know the outcome. This would confirm that it does work on non-VIA > > systems as well - something I can't test myself. (The mindi patch may > > not be required as you've already added ide-generic back in.) > > > > Thanks a lot & best regards, > > Andree > > > > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 19:00 +0100, Yann Aubert wrote: > > > Package: mindi > > > Version: 1.06-3 > > > Severity: grave > > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > > > When booting from a cdrom burned with mondorescue.iso, the kernel and > > > initrd are loaded without problems. But after that, when looking after > > > the other files on the cdrom, the system ask for the floppies. > > > I don't have a patch but can give a hint. For my setup, I had to put > > > ide-generic back in mindi (IDE_MODS) in order to make the cdrom works > > > correctly. > > > > > > > > > -- System Information: > > > Debian Release: 3.1 > > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686-smp > > > Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > > > > > Versions of packages mindi depends on: > > > ii binutils 2.15-6 The GNU assembler, linker > > > and bina > > > ii bzip2 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting > > > file co > > > ii dosfstools 2.11-2 Utilities to create and > > > check MS-D > > > ii file 4.12-1 Determines file type using > > > "magic" > > > ii gawk 1:3.1.4-2 GNU awk, a pattern scanning > > > and pr > > > ii mindi-busybox 1.00-6 Collection of shell > > > utilities in a > > > ii mkisofs 4:2.01+01a01-2 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM > > > filesystem > > > ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux > > > kernel mo > > > ii ms-sys 1.1.3-1 Write a Microsoft compatible > > > boot > > > ii nano 1.2.4-5 free Pico clone with some > > > new feat > > > ii parted 1.6.21-1 The GNU Parted disk > > > partition resi > > > ii syslinux 2.11-0.1 Bootloader for Linux/i386 > > > using MS > > > > > > -- no debconf information > > > > -- Andree Leidenfrost Sydney - Australia
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