[PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[Jörg Prante]

Linux kernel patch set 2.4.19pre8-jp11

This is the eleventh release of the -jp kernel patch set. 

Status: 10 May 2002 21:30 CEST

Changes from jp10 to jp11 

Many updates. New versions: rmap13a, ALSA 0.9.0rc1, preempt 2.4.19pre8,
RAID MD for 2.4.19pre7, XFS CVS of 4 May 2002, Crypto patch 2.4.18-2,
grsecurity 1.9.5pre3. New patches: Robert Love's additional preemption
patches (including migration-thread and remove-wakeup-sync), 
IDE CD DMA, mini lowlatency (from jam kernel patch set), ACPI 20020503, 
ACPI PCIIRQ 17, TUX 2 final A3, and some minor addons and fixups.  
khttpd has been removed in preference of TUX. 
OSS sound driver has been removed in preference of ALSA OSS API 
emulation layer. System shutdown hang fixed. 

Known Issues 

With ACPI enabled and APM disabled, Dell Inspiron 8100 power cable 
can't be pulled off, system will immediately power off. There are
obviously some ACPI flaws, but no real bugs. See http://acpi.sf.net
The miroSound PCM20 radio audio driver depends on OSS sound include file 
and is no longer compileable.

What is it? 

The -jp kernels are development kernels for testing purpose only. 
They will appear regularly two or three times a month. Their purpose 
is to provide a service for developers who can't keep up to date with 
the latest kernel and patch versions, but want to test new features and 
evaluate enhancements that are not to be expected for inclusion into 
the mainstream 2.4 kernel. 

Download 

The patch set is provided as a single archive where you will find all
patches as separate .bz2 packed files. Please take care if you split 
the set and try to use parts of it. The recommended way is downloading 
the set, unpacking the archive, and apply the patches with the 
addpatches shell script. 

http://infolinux.de/jp11

Installation 

The addpatches shell script is very useful to apply the 
patch set. Here are the basic commands how to build a new kernel 
with -jp patches: 

Download 2.4.18 Linux kernel sources 
Unpack into /usr/src/linux 
Download -jp patch set 
Unpack into your patchdir 
cd patchdir 
sh addpatches
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
make dep clean bzImage modules
su
make modules_install
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.1X-preX-jpX
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz.2.4.1X-preX-jpX
 edit /etc/lilo.conf 
lilo
 reboot ... and take a deep breath! You are running a jp kernel now!   

Contact 

You feel happy with a jp kernel? Just let me know if my work is good 
for you. 

Feel free to contact me, send e-mail to joerg@infolinux.de 
I try to help as much as I can. It's fun to hack the Linux kernel! 
If you are lucky, you can find me hanging out at IRC: #kernelnewbies at 
irc.openprojects.net Credits to all the fine people out there. 

You have successfully booted a -jp kernel? You want to know if your 
system can run a -jp kernel? If you like to send your 'dmesg' output 
of successful booting into a -jp kernel, please let me know about 
your system. Please attach the system name, your kernel '.config' 
and other valuable information in your mail. Also, I like to know 
if certain hardware or .config's don't work, or when build errors 
occur. I will add this information on my web page. 

You are missing a patch? Patches will be added by request. 
Please be patient, some patches must be carefully tested.    

Jörg Prante 
joerg@infolinux.de
http://infolinux.de/jp11

Patch Overview

Detailed description is available on http://infolinux.de/jp11

00_patch-2.4.19-pre0-pre1      25_mdp-major
00_patch-2.4.19-pre1-pre2      26_autofs4
00_patch-2.4.19-pre2-pre3      27_isrdonly
00_patch-2.4.19-pre3-pre4      28_new-stat
00_patch-2.4.19-pre4-pre5      29_mediactl
00_patch-2.4.19-pre5-pre6      30_llseek
00_patch-2.4.19-pre6-pre7      31_mount
00_patch-2.4.19-pre7-pre8      32_device
01_kernel-sound-remove-0-pre8  33_supermount
01_kernel-sound-remove-1-pre7  34_xfs-kdb-from-cvs-04May2002
01_kernel-sound-remove-2-pre6  35_xfs-kdb-adapt
01_kernel-sound-remove-3-pre5  36_xfs-kdb-fixups
01_kernel-sound-remove-4-pre4  37_jfs-1.0.14-0
01_kernel-sound-remove-5-pre3  38_jfs-1.0.14-15
01_kernel-sound-remove-6-pre2  39_jfs-1.0.15-16
01_kernel-sound-remove-7-core  40_jfs-1.0.16-17
02_alsa-sound-0.9.0rc1         41_jfs-adapt
03_alsa-adapt-2.4.19pre8       42_ftpfs-0.6.2
04_TIOCGDEV                    43_cdfs-0.5b
05_boot-time-ioremap           44_cdfs-0.5bc
06_via-northbridge-fixup       45_patch-int-2.4.18.2
07_jiffies-for-i386            46_loop-jari
08_rmap-13                     47_grsecurity-1.9.5-pre3
08a_rmap13a                    48_grsecurity-adapt
09_sched-O1-K3                 50_i2c-2.6.3
10_up-apic-fix                 51_lmsensors-2.6.3
11_remove-wake-up-sync         52_freeswan-1.97
12_need-resched-abstraction    53_ide-cd-dma-3
13_frozen-lock                 54_lowlatency-mini
14_sched-yield                 55_lowlatency-fixes-5
15_need-resched-check          56_mmx-init
16_maxrtprio-1                 57_p4-xeon
17_migration-thread            58_x86-fast-pte
18_misc-stuff                  59_acpi-20020503
19_preempt-2.4.19pre8          60_acpi-pciirq-17
20_lockbreak                   61_remove-khttpd
21_ide-6                       62_tux2-final-A3
22_md-locks                    63_sis-740-961
23_raid-split                  98_tkparse-4096
24_md-part                     99_VERSION

Re: [PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[rmaureira]

Hi there, it seems like Rik's 08a_rmap13a patch can't be applied using 
the addpatches utility. I've unpacked a vanilla 2.4.18 kernel, unpacked 
your set of patches and performed a sh addpatches, when it reaches Rik's 
patch it gave me this:

-- snip --
Checking 08a_rmap13a (plain text format)... The text leading up to this 
was:
--------------------------
|# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
|# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
-- snip --

Apparently for a missing Changelog.rmap (AFAIK it is supposed to create it 
if it doesn't exists)

Am I missing something or the patch is really broken?

Best Regards

Robinson Maureira Castillo.

On Fri, 10 May 2002, [iso-8859-15] Jörg Prante wrote:

> Linux kernel patch set 2.4.19pre8-jp11
> 
> This is the eleventh release of the -jp kernel patch set. 
> 
> Status: 10 May 2002 21:30 CEST
> 
> Changes from jp10 to jp11 
> 
> Many updates. New versions: rmap13a, ALSA 0.9.0rc1, preempt 2.4.19pre8,
> RAID MD for 2.4.19pre7, XFS CVS of 4 May 2002, Crypto patch 2.4.18-2,
> grsecurity 1.9.5pre3. New patches: Robert Love's additional preemption
> patches (including migration-thread and remove-wakeup-sync), 
> IDE CD DMA, mini lowlatency (from jam kernel patch set), ACPI 20020503, 
> ACPI PCIIRQ 17, TUX 2 final A3, and some minor addons and fixups.  
> khttpd has been removed in preference of TUX. 
> OSS sound driver has been removed in preference of ALSA OSS API 
> emulation layer. System shutdown hang fixed. 
> 
> Known Issues 
> 
> With ACPI enabled and APM disabled, Dell Inspiron 8100 power cable 
> can't be pulled off, system will immediately power off. There are
> obviously some ACPI flaws, but no real bugs. See http://acpi.sf.net
> The miroSound PCM20 radio audio driver depends on OSS sound include file 
> and is no longer compileable.
> 
> What is it? 
> 
> The -jp kernels are development kernels for testing purpose only. 
> They will appear regularly two or three times a month. Their purpose 
> is to provide a service for developers who can't keep up to date with 
> the latest kernel and patch versions, but want to test new features and 
> evaluate enhancements that are not to be expected for inclusion into 
> the mainstream 2.4 kernel. 
> 
> Download 
> 
> The patch set is provided as a single archive where you will find all
> patches as separate .bz2 packed files. Please take care if you split 
> the set and try to use parts of it. The recommended way is downloading 
> the set, unpacking the archive, and apply the patches with the 
> addpatches shell script. 
> 
> http://infolinux.de/jp11
> 
> Installation 
> 
> The addpatches shell script is very useful to apply the 
> patch set. Here are the basic commands how to build a new kernel 
> with -jp patches: 
> 
> Download 2.4.18 Linux kernel sources 
> Unpack into /usr/src/linux 
> Download -jp patch set 
> Unpack into your patchdir 
> cd patchdir 
> sh addpatches
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make menuconfig
> make dep clean bzImage modules
> su
> make modules_install
> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.1X-preX-jpX
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz.2.4.1X-preX-jpX
>  edit /etc/lilo.conf 
> lilo
>  reboot ... and take a deep breath! You are running a jp kernel now!   
> 
> Contact 
> 
> You feel happy with a jp kernel? Just let me know if my work is good 
> for you. 
> 
> Feel free to contact me, send e-mail to joerg@infolinux.de 
> I try to help as much as I can. It's fun to hack the Linux kernel! 
> If you are lucky, you can find me hanging out at IRC: #kernelnewbies at 
> irc.openprojects.net Credits to all the fine people out there. 
> 
> You have successfully booted a -jp kernel? You want to know if your 
> system can run a -jp kernel? If you like to send your 'dmesg' output 
> of successful booting into a -jp kernel, please let me know about 
> your system. Please attach the system name, your kernel '.config' 
> and other valuable information in your mail. Also, I like to know 
> if certain hardware or .config's don't work, or when build errors 
> occur. I will add this information on my web page. 
> 
> You are missing a patch? Patches will be added by request. 
> Please be patient, some patches must be carefully tested.    
> 
> Jörg Prante 
> joerg@infolinux.de
> http://infolinux.de/jp11
> 
> Patch Overview
> 
> Detailed description is available on http://infolinux.de/jp11
> 
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre0-pre1      25_mdp-major
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre1-pre2      26_autofs4
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre2-pre3      27_isrdonly
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre3-pre4      28_new-stat
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre4-pre5      29_mediactl
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre5-pre6      30_llseek
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre6-pre7      31_mount
> 00_patch-2.4.19-pre7-pre8      32_device
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-0-pre8  33_supermount
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-1-pre7  34_xfs-kdb-from-cvs-04May2002
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-2-pre6  35_xfs-kdb-adapt
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-3-pre5  36_xfs-kdb-fixups
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-4-pre4  37_jfs-1.0.14-0
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-5-pre3  38_jfs-1.0.14-15
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-6-pre2  39_jfs-1.0.15-16
> 01_kernel-sound-remove-7-core  40_jfs-1.0.16-17
> 02_alsa-sound-0.9.0rc1         41_jfs-adapt
> 03_alsa-adapt-2.4.19pre8       42_ftpfs-0.6.2
> 04_TIOCGDEV                    43_cdfs-0.5b
> 05_boot-time-ioremap           44_cdfs-0.5bc
> 06_via-northbridge-fixup       45_patch-int-2.4.18.2
> 07_jiffies-for-i386            46_loop-jari
> 08_rmap-13                     47_grsecurity-1.9.5-pre3
> 08a_rmap13a                    48_grsecurity-adapt
> 09_sched-O1-K3                 50_i2c-2.6.3
> 10_up-apic-fix                 51_lmsensors-2.6.3
> 11_remove-wake-up-sync         52_freeswan-1.97
> 12_need-resched-abstraction    53_ide-cd-dma-3
> 13_frozen-lock                 54_lowlatency-mini
> 14_sched-yield                 55_lowlatency-fixes-5
> 15_need-resched-check          56_mmx-init
> 16_maxrtprio-1                 57_p4-xeon
> 17_migration-thread            58_x86-fast-pte
> 18_misc-stuff                  59_acpi-20020503
> 19_preempt-2.4.19pre8          60_acpi-pciirq-17
> 20_lockbreak                   61_remove-khttpd
> 21_ide-6                       62_tux2-final-A3
> 22_md-locks                    63_sis-740-961
> 23_raid-split                  98_tkparse-4096
> 24_md-part                     99_VERSION
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Re: [PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[Ed Sweetman]

On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 18:25, rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl wrote:
> 
> Hi there, it seems like Rik's 08a_rmap13a patch can't be applied using 
> the addpatches utility. I've unpacked a vanilla 2.4.18 kernel, unpacked 
> your set of patches and performed a sh addpatches, when it reaches Rik's 
> patch it gave me this:
> 
> -- snip --
> Checking 08a_rmap13a (plain text format)... The text leading up to this 
> was:
> --------------------------
> |# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
> |# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
> -- snip --
> 
> Apparently for a missing Changelog.rmap (AFAIK it is supposed to create it 
> if it doesn't exists)
> 
> Am I missing something or the patch is really broken?

it works for me.  the patch didn't compiled, but everything applied
cleanly.

patch 2.5.4

 
> Best Regards
> 
> Robinson Maureira Castillo.
> 
> On Fri, 10 May 2002, [iso-8859-15] Jörg Prante wrote:
> 
> > Linux kernel patch set 2.4.19pre8-jp11
> > 
> > This is the eleventh release of the -jp kernel patch set. 
> > 
> > Status: 10 May 2002 21:30 CEST
> > 
> > Changes from jp10 to jp11 
> > 
> > Many updates. New versions: rmap13a, ALSA 0.9.0rc1, preempt 2.4.19pre8,
> > RAID MD for 2.4.19pre7, XFS CVS of 4 May 2002, Crypto patch 2.4.18-2,
> > grsecurity 1.9.5pre3. New patches: Robert Love's additional preemption
> > patches (including migration-thread and remove-wakeup-sync), 
> > IDE CD DMA, mini lowlatency (from jam kernel patch set), ACPI 20020503, 
> > ACPI PCIIRQ 17, TUX 2 final A3, and some minor addons and fixups.  
> > khttpd has been removed in preference of TUX. 
> > OSS sound driver has been removed in preference of ALSA OSS API 
> > emulation layer. System shutdown hang fixed. 
> > 
> > Known Issues 
> > 
> > With ACPI enabled and APM disabled, Dell Inspiron 8100 power cable 
> > can't be pulled off, system will immediately power off. There are
> > obviously some ACPI flaws, but no real bugs. See http://acpi.sf.net
> > The miroSound PCM20 radio audio driver depends on OSS sound include file 
> > and is no longer compileable.
> > 
> > What is it? 
> > 
> > The -jp kernels are development kernels for testing purpose only. 
> > They will appear regularly two or three times a month. Their purpose 
> > is to provide a service for developers who can't keep up to date with 
> > the latest kernel and patch versions, but want to test new features and 
> > evaluate enhancements that are not to be expected for inclusion into 
> > the mainstream 2.4 kernel. 
> > 
> > Download 
> > 
> > The patch set is provided as a single archive where you will find all
> > patches as separate .bz2 packed files. Please take care if you split 
> > the set and try to use parts of it. The recommended way is downloading 
> > the set, unpacking the archive, and apply the patches with the 
> > addpatches shell script. 
> > 
> > http://infolinux.de/jp11
> > 
> > Installation 
> > 
> > The addpatches shell script is very useful to apply the 
> > patch set. Here are the basic commands how to build a new kernel 
> > with -jp patches: 
> > 
> > Download 2.4.18 Linux kernel sources 
> > Unpack into /usr/src/linux 
> > Download -jp patch set 
> > Unpack into your patchdir 
> > cd patchdir 
> > sh addpatches
> > cd /usr/src/linux
> > make menuconfig
> > make dep clean bzImage modules
> > su
> > make modules_install
> > cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.1X-preX-jpX
> > cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz.2.4.1X-preX-jpX
> >  edit /etc/lilo.conf 
> > lilo
> >  reboot ... and take a deep breath! You are running a jp kernel now!   
> > 
> > Contact 
> > 
> > You feel happy with a jp kernel? Just let me know if my work is good 
> > for you. 
> > 
> > Feel free to contact me, send e-mail to joerg@infolinux.de 
> > I try to help as much as I can. It's fun to hack the Linux kernel! 
> > If you are lucky, you can find me hanging out at IRC: #kernelnewbies at 
> > irc.openprojects.net Credits to all the fine people out there. 
> > 
> > You have successfully booted a -jp kernel? You want to know if your 
> > system can run a -jp kernel? If you like to send your 'dmesg' output 
> > of successful booting into a -jp kernel, please let me know about 
> > your system. Please attach the system name, your kernel '.config' 
> > and other valuable information in your mail. Also, I like to know 
> > if certain hardware or .config's don't work, or when build errors 
> > occur. I will add this information on my web page. 
> > 
> > You are missing a patch? Patches will be added by request. 
> > Please be patient, some patches must be carefully tested.    
> > 
> > Jörg Prante 
> > joerg@infolinux.de
> > http://infolinux.de/jp11
> > 
> > Patch Overview
> > 
> > Detailed description is available on http://infolinux.de/jp11
> > 
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre0-pre1      25_mdp-major
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre1-pre2      26_autofs4
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre2-pre3      27_isrdonly
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre3-pre4      28_new-stat
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre4-pre5      29_mediactl
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre5-pre6      30_llseek
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre6-pre7      31_mount
> > 00_patch-2.4.19-pre7-pre8      32_device
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-0-pre8  33_supermount
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-1-pre7  34_xfs-kdb-from-cvs-04May2002
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-2-pre6  35_xfs-kdb-adapt
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-3-pre5  36_xfs-kdb-fixups
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-4-pre4  37_jfs-1.0.14-0
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-5-pre3  38_jfs-1.0.14-15
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-6-pre2  39_jfs-1.0.15-16
> > 01_kernel-sound-remove-7-core  40_jfs-1.0.16-17
> > 02_alsa-sound-0.9.0rc1         41_jfs-adapt
> > 03_alsa-adapt-2.4.19pre8       42_ftpfs-0.6.2
> > 04_TIOCGDEV                    43_cdfs-0.5b
> > 05_boot-time-ioremap           44_cdfs-0.5bc
> > 06_via-northbridge-fixup       45_patch-int-2.4.18.2
> > 07_jiffies-for-i386            46_loop-jari
> > 08_rmap-13                     47_grsecurity-1.9.5-pre3
> > 08a_rmap13a                    48_grsecurity-adapt
> > 09_sched-O1-K3                 50_i2c-2.6.3
> > 10_up-apic-fix                 51_lmsensors-2.6.3
> > 11_remove-wake-up-sync         52_freeswan-1.97
> > 12_need-resched-abstraction    53_ide-cd-dma-3
> > 13_frozen-lock                 54_lowlatency-mini
> > 14_sched-yield                 55_lowlatency-fixes-5
> > 15_need-resched-check          56_mmx-init
> > 16_maxrtprio-1                 57_p4-xeon
> > 17_migration-thread            58_x86-fast-pte
> > 18_misc-stuff                  59_acpi-20020503
> > 19_preempt-2.4.19pre8          60_acpi-pciirq-17
> > 20_lockbreak                   61_remove-khttpd
> > 21_ide-6                       62_tux2-final-A3
> > 22_md-locks                    63_sis-740-961
> > 23_raid-split                  98_tkparse-4096
> > 24_md-part                     99_VERSION
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Re: [PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[Jörg Prante]

> Am I missing something or the patch is really broken?

I don't think it is broken, there are many people who did succeed in building 
without reporting broken patches. I use "patch" version 2.5.4, Rik's 
bitkeeper diff's did always work for me. Maybe you should upgrade to a newer 
version of patch.

Thank you and good luck

Jörg

Re: [PATCHSET] 2.4.19pre8-jp11

[Jörg Prante]

I just discovered that something in jp11 IDE code is broken because of 
supermount. The supermount patches were originally for 2.4.18 and conflict 
with other parts of the jp patch set. That has been already the case in jp10, 
when supermount was suspended because it caused oopses at boot time.

IDE Disk seems to work, but IDE CD is unusable, for data and audio. 
"HDIO_GETGEO" failed, and user apps get "no valid block device found" even if 
there is a CD inserted. Audio access with KDE gives me "no CD", and cdfs give 
me an oops in sys_lstat64 when trying 'ls' on the mounted device. 

The reason must be in 28_new-stat, which comes with supermount patch. Maybe 
28_new-stat is buggy, or it causes unwanted interaction between the IDE code, 
the stat changes in 2.4.19pre4-pre5, and supermount. I will try upgrading 
the supermount patch. It's not trivial for me and might take some time to 
investigate, and maybe Juan Jose Quintela can point me to the right 
direction (http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~quintela/supermount/2.4.18)

For some "funny" effects see below.

Strong recommendation: please remove the supermount patches from jp11. The 
patches involved are

26_autofs4
27_isrdonly
28_new-stat
29_mediactl
30_llseek
31_mount
32_device
33_supermount

Sorry folks. Any help is strongly appreciated to fix that problem quickly.

Jörg

------- snip -------------------

jungle:/home/joerg # hdparm -I /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

 Model=OTHSBI AVD-DOR MDSC-5220                , FwRev=D131    , 
SerialNo=170003
6335
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=128kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
 AdvancedPM=no
 Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3 : ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5

[few minutes later and invoked 'hdparm -i /dev/hda' with ok results]

jungle:/home/joerg # hdparm -i /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

 Model=TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2502, FwRev=1D13, SerialNo=7100303653
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=128kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
 AdvancedPM=no
 Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3 : ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5

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jungle:/home/joerg # mount -t cdfs -o ro /dev/hdb /mnt/cdfs

May 11 12:33:55 jungle kernel: cdfs 0.5b loaded.

jungle:/home/joerg # ls /mnt/cdfs

May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer 
dereference at virtual address 0000003c
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel:  printing eip:
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: c0141713
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: *pde = 00000000
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Oops: 0000
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: CPU:    0
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: EIP:    0010:[vfs_lstat+91/148]    Not tainted
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: EFLAGS: 00210246
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: eax: ccd19400   ebx: 00000000   ecx: 00000000  
 edx: cb771bc0
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: esi: cbe41f5c   edi: cbe41f88   ebp: bfffec8c  
 esp: cbe41f50
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Process ls (pid: 920, stackpage=cbe41000)
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Stack: cbe41f88 40164f4c bfffeca4 cb771bc0 
cffe84a0 00000000 3c507f10 00000000
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel:        00000008 00000001 c0141e57 bfffeca4 
cbe41f88 cbe40000 00117741 cbe40000
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel:        41ed0307 0000000a 00000000 00000000 
00200000 00001000 00000000 3cdcf1ed
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Call Trace: [sys_lstat64+19/48] 
[system_call+51/56]
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel:
May 11 12:34:02 jungle kernel: Code: 83 79 3c 00 74 0e 57 52 8b 44 24 18 50 
8b 41 3c ff d0 eb 0c

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On Duron 1Ghz K7S5A board I get the name right, but HDIO_GETGEO failed too.

mountain:/home/joerg # hdparm -I /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

 Model=LG DVD-ROM DRD-8160B, FwRev=1.01, SerialNo=
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:227,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:150}
 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2
 AdvancedPM=no