From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc7 - _random_ IRQ23 : nobody cared Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:55:22 +0900 Message-ID: <46FAFF7A.5070208@gmail.com> References: <20070924083336.7a08fd61@tux.DEF.witbe.net> <46F7C933.4080003@davidnewall.com> <20070925090057.5778aa2a@tux.DEF.witbe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.186]:12399 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751392AbXI0ETT (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:19:19 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so2202052rvb for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:19:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070925090057.5778aa2a@tux.DEF.witbe.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Rolland Cc: David Newall , Linux Kernel , IDE/ATA development list , rol@witbe.net Paul Rolland wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:56:59 +0930 > David Newall wrote: > >> Paul Rolland "(???????) wrote: >>> Hell, IRQ 23 is shared between libata and my modem !!! >>> >> Tried using the modem? > > When no problem is reported, both the libata part and the modem are OK. > When the problem is reported, at that time, only libata is handling IRQ23 > (the modem is a WinModem, and the driver is an out-kernel module), this > is still kernel boot time, and the disabling of the IRQ makes my machine > unable to complete the boot process (too many disk timeout). > > It could be good to be able to delay the disabling of an IRQ something long > enough to allow all the modules to be loaded... Can you change driver load order such that the driver for the modem is loaded first? -- tejun