Re: PCMCIA CD-ROM does not work

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Thom Borton wrote:

> 
> Hey
> 
> If have now compiled a series of kernels starting from 2.4.18 up to 
> 2.4.22. The drive stops working with 2.4.21. That is indeed where the 
> "drivers/ide/legacy" directory was introduced.
> 
> What do you mean by binary search? What's a "pre"?

Try 2.4.21-pre1, 2.4.21-pre2, 2.4.21-pre3 etc. to find exactly where it
stopped working. You can find the patches against 2.4.20 at

ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/old/


> 
> Further: In 2.4.22 I get an Oops and the whole system stops when I 
> unplug the pcmcia card -> hard reset. 
> 
> It says:
> 
> ///////////
> remove_proc_entry: hde/identify busy, count=1
> remove_proc_entry: ide2/hde busy, count=1
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 655f6373
>  printing eip:
> c011c5b5
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0002
> CPU:     0
> .......
> .......
>  <0>Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
> In interrupt handler - not syncing
> ///////////
> 
> Sound's scarry, but doesnt tell me a lot, except that I have to reboot 
> the system.

Can you please post the full kernel panic message? 

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