Re: [RFC] Patch to fix cdrom being confused on using kdump

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Wed, Apr 19 2006, Rachita Kothiyal wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 04:59:33PM +0530, Rachita Kothiyal wrote:
> > 
> > I actually tried just reading the status register and then returning
> > ide_stopped. It seemed to be working fine, just that there appears 
> > a 'status error' message while booting:
> > 
> > <snippet>
> > ide0: start_request: current=0xffff8100035cba68
> > hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> > ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > hda: drive not ready for command
> > </snippet>
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> Instead of reading the status register and returning ide_stopped
> from the handler, which was resulting in the 'status error', I 
> tried ending the request and returning ide_stopped when the drive
> is in a confused state. Using this I dont see the status error.
> 
> Following is the patch, kindly review.

This looks a lot more appropriate! Thanks for following through on this.

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Jens Axboe