From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mgw2.sony.co.jp (MGW2.Sony.CO.JP [137.153.0.14]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A826DDE45 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:50:11 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail3.sony.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail3.sony.co.jp (R8/Sony) with ESMTP id l878o9J1022114 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:50:09 +0900 (JST) Received: from mailgw02.scei.sony.co.jp (mailgw02.scei.sony.co.jp [43.27.73.8]) by mail3.sony.co.jp (R8/Sony) with SMTP id l878o8qF022094 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:50:08 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <46E1108B.30300@am.sony.com> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:49:15 -0700 From: Geoff Levand MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] PS3: Ignore storage devices that are still being probed References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Linux/PPC Development , Andrew Morton , Paul Mackerras , Cell Broadband Engine OSS Development List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > PS3: A storage device may show up in the repository before the hypervisor has > finished probing: > - If its type is not yet known, it shows up as PS3_DEV_TYPE_STOR_DUMMY, > - If its regions are being probed, it shows up as having zero regions. > If any of these happen, consider the device not yet present. The storage > probe thread will retry later. > > This fixes the timing-dependent problem where a kernel booted from FLASH ROM > sometimes cannot find the hard disk. > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Paul, This fixes a problem reported by users, so it would be nice for it to go in for 2.6.23 if possible. Sorry for it being so late. Acked-by: Geoff Levand