From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753897AbZGMXGz (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:06:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753711AbZGMXGy (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:06:54 -0400 Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl ([195.241.79.175]:42317 "EHLO smtp-out0.tiscali.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753684AbZGMXGx (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:06:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Floppy constantly accessed in 2.6.31-rc2 From: Paul Bolle To: Robert Hancock Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:06:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1247526411.5220.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.27.3 (2.27.3-3.kb.1.fc12) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 23:44 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > On 2.6.31-rc2 (actually current git as of today) the floppy drive is > constantly being accessed with these messages being reported: > > Platform driver 'floppy' needs updating - please use dev_pm_ops > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > > lsof reports no process with /dev/fd0 open so it is not clear what is > causing this activity. It looks like the access starts when I log in to > X, but doesn't stop when I log out. I'm guessing HAL or something checks > the floppy drive and then the kernel somehow gets stuck in a loop > retrying the request.. That does look a bit like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489083 (and its duplicate https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496586 ). Regards, Paul Bolle