Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 (cannot read cd-rom, 2.6.12-rc1 is OK)

Steven Cole
2005-03-25T22:39:56Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com> wrote:
>
>>>>I found a few more minutes to test two more kernels. The problem
>>>>first occured with 2.6.12-rc1-mm2:
>>>>
>>>>2.6.12-rc1 reads the cd-rom OK as reported earlier
>>>>2.6.12-rc1-mm1 also reads the cd-rom OK
>>>>2.6.12-rc1-mm2 broken same as -mm3 described as above
>>>>2.6.12-rc1-mm3 broken as reported earlier
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you really really sure about that? -mm3 included both the bk-ide-dev
>>>tree and the isofs changes. 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 had neither.
>>>
>>
>>Just to be really really sure, I repeated the tests. I even checked
>>that the image/label combination in /etc/lilo.conf was what I intended,
>>but the uname -r should show what's what.
>>
>>Same results, -mm2 broken, and -mm1 reads the disk. I even tried
>>other CD's just to make sure I didn't have something weird. Same results.
>
>
> OK, thanks.
>
> It would be interesting to copy a CD to hard disk (under -mm1) and see if
> it works OK with the loopback driver.
>
> Also, boot into -mm2 and do a `cmp' of the cdrom with the image which is on
> hard-disk.
>
> This should help us work out whether it's isofs, the driver, the VFS or
> whatever.
> -

It seems that I've run out of time here today. If this is still an issue
after the weekend, I'll do the above tests.

Until then, Happy Easter.

Steven