Re: 2.6.20-rc6: known unfixed regressions (v2) (part 2)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:33:44 +0100
"Uwe Bugla" <uwe.bugla@gmx.de> wrote:

> > Subject    : problems with CD burning
> > References : http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg06545.html
> > Submitter  : Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>
> > Status     : unknown
> > 
> > 
> 
> ...
>
> Hi everybody,
> the problem I already reported for earlier release candidates of kernel 2.6.20
> (rc1 – 5) unfortunately stills persists.
> 
> The regression has become more extreme: While in earlier release candidates nerolinux recognized my burning devices at least after the first start and then never again after all following starts the situation in rc6 is different from that:
> 
> The CD and DVD burning devices aren´t recognized even once and the drive seek errors I already reported are still there.
> 
> nerolinux runs excellently with kernel 2.6.19.2, but only shows an “image recorder” (i. e. no burning device at all) in kernel 2.6.20-rc6.
> 
> Still hope that this terrible bug will not be part of the final version of 2.6.20!
> 

Not sure what to do about this.  It looks like a failure in the IDE driver.
Perhaps you could start by telling us about the IDE hardware, which driver
is in use, etc.

Is the floppy-disk bug still there?