From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268909AbUHMAYL (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:24:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268908AbUHMAYL (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:24:11 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:9693 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268909AbUHMAYC (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:24:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:23:59 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Len Brown Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 doesn't boot Message-ID: <20040813002358.GQ13377@fs.tum.de> References: <566B962EB122634D86E6EE29E83DD808182C2B33@hdsmsx403.hd.intel.com> <1092259920.5021.117.camel@dhcppc4> <200408121550.15892.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <1092350580.7765.190.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1092350580.7765.190.camel@dhcppc4> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:43:00PM -0400, Len Brown wrote: >... > Adrian, if you enable your not-present floppy in the BIOS, > what does Linux do? 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 boots, 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 fails. >>From the 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 boot log: <-- snip --> ... ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] parport0: irq 7 detected lp0: using parport0 (polling). Using anticipatory io scheduler Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M --->> 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 stops here floppy0: no floppy controllers found loop: loaded (max 8 devices) sis900.c: v1.08.07 11/02/2003 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 6 (level, low) -> IRQ 6 eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1. eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 6, 00:0b:6a:3b:93:a8. ... <-- snip --> > thanks, > -Len cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed