Re: IDE warning: "Wait for ready failed before probe!"

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:43:50 +0100, Nick Warne <nick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 1. Are these warnings usual for a nonexistant IDE drive?
> >> 2. Could they be toned down?
> 
> > Disable CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC
> > - or -
> > Use the ideX=noprobe boot parm, replacing X with the interface number
> > not to probe.
> 
> > Kurt
> 
> I started to get these messages in logs since building 2.6.9, and a google
> reveals this from Alan Cox:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-September/msg00300.html
> 
> So, will these be turned off, or do we have to follow above instructions?

Send a patch and it will be turned off (printks should be replaced by
pr_debugs). :)

It is still a good thing to disable ide-generic if it is not needed
(faster boot).
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