Re: 2.2.1-ac6 CDROM bug (not in 2.2.1-vanilla)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:38:39 +0000 (GMT)

> before the drive is ready. Plain 2.2.1 does NOT have this problem;
> there, the attempt is retried after a couple of seconds, and then
> succeeds. On 2.2.1-ac6, the mount process hangs in state 'D', and can
> only be fixed by rebooting.

Actually its not that simple. Plain 2.2.1 doesn't have the timer reuse
trap code in it. 2.2.1 potentially added the timer twice.

Can you boot 2.2.1 vanilla with just Ingo's timer bug check patch in it ?

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