> > that they were not in a BSY state. The problem was most likely in the > > hardware but this patch enables you to ignore waiting for disks by > > setting hdX=noprobe (and not setting the geometry by hand) as a kernel > > option.
Probably someone saving a billionth of a cent on a resistor. > > - SELECT_DRIVE(&hwif->drives[1]); > > - hwif->OUTB(8, hwif->io_ports[IDE_CONTROL_OFFSET]); > > - mdelay(2); > > - rc = ide_wait_not_busy(hwif, 35000); Please first verify if you see the same problem with the newer ATA drivers. I suspect you will and if so we should be fixing those not the legacy drivers (or as well as ..) Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/