Re: IDE bug

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.noris.de)
12 Apr 1998 14:24:08 +0200


alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
>
> If I boot 2.0.3x on this box with IDE controller and no devices it sits
> for a few seconds then decides I have no IDE and continues. 2.1.91 hangs
> forever (or until I got bored of waiting)
>
> Neptune chipset dual P90, no drives in the BIOS.
>
Might that be because something in the kernel wants kmod to probe for a
module, but no kmod is running yet?

Apply my fix for kmod.c, which Linus took out again with 2.1.92. :-(

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Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH

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