From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JE0UK-0006Xx-SW for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:54:48 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JE0UJ-0006WX-DZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:54:47 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JE0UI-0006UY-78 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:54:46 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JE0UI-0006U6-0d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:54:46 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JE0UH-0000dn-Tl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:54:46 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JE0SF-0003NI-66 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:52:39 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JE0Pt-0005xi-5T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:50:13 +0100 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:50:13 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080113105013.GA22839@thorin> References: <20071227100553.GB30225@thorin> <20071230134643.GA21397@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: ata.mod hangs (Re: Some grub2 problems/questions) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:54:47 -0000 On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 04:14:38PM -0800, walt wrote: > > I'm happy to report that the ata module no longer hangs as I described > above. I'm guessing (just a guess) that this commit fixed it: > > 2008-01-10 Robert Millan > * kern/device.c (grub_device_iterate): Do not abort device iteration > when one of the devices cannot be opened. That's strange. Can you confirm it? (by testing the revisions in CVS inmediately before and after this commit) > Unfortunately, ata.mod still doesn't recognize the disk on the Promise > sata controller. But, that's expected at this point? Yes. Some SATA controllers emulate PATA, but not all do. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)