RE: CDROM Oops patch: 1st cdu31a tests
ztion@swipnet.se
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:24:23 +0200 (MET DST)
> Well, that's not really nice. Something is going bad, but it may be
> that the official driver as of 2.1.99 also has big problems - more to
> come on this.
>
> Here are my 1st tests reports:
>
> [note that my drive is a cdu33a, ie. double speed version of cdu31a]
>
> * cd with only a FS
>
># modprobe cdu31a cdu31a_port=0x340
># modprobe isofs
># mount /cdrom # fstab lists iso9660
>
> The drive's LED keeps blinking red/orange, the console is frozen (no console
> switch, no console spawn, gpm does not respond to mouse moves) - eject
> button is ignored even after reboot - syscall does not return ?
>
># cdeject
> =>OK
>
>
> * pure audio cd
>
># cdeject does not complete; sometimes prints a "cannot read TOC" (sic);
> eject-button can either interrupt cdeject, with "cannot open /dec/cdrom"
> (occured after such a message), or cause (after several minutes waiting and
> no response) several "Aiee, killing interrupt handler" intermixed with
> register dumps containing corrupted date (eg. CPU with a very "high"
> negative ID on my monoprocessor)
>
>
> * cd with 1 data track and several sound tracks
>
># cdeject
> =>OK like pure FS
>
># mount
> same symptoms as pure FS
>
>
> NOTES
>
> * "eject" under cdctrl behaves like cdeject in all cases
>
> * some operations fail with "cannot open /dev/cdrom", and then all attemps
> fail with the same message - the eject button is ignored even after reboot
>
> * I'll recompile with DEBUG and see if I can get more precise info
>
> * I've not yet tried to reproduce the old oops, given the number of
> other problems
>
I´ve also had problems with the cdu31a driver. Playing of cd:s doesn´t work for
example. But mounting works now...
I´ve changed my Pas-16 card (the cd controller is on it) , to a ALS100 , but
I´ll plug the Pas16 back in again , to test the new patch...
/Kristoffer Brånemyr
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