Re: v2.6 vs v3.0

Jens Axboe
2002-10-01T11:20:44Z

On Tue, Oct 01 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> > - Same ..._intr errors on my 486 with a qd6580 VLB controller.
> > It also has, in post-2.5.36 kernels, an instant-reboot problem which
> > occurs whenever I pass the ide0=qd65xx kernel option required to
>
> Seems to be specific to the 2.5.x version of the new ide so I guess its
> a port error (or just bad luck it now breaks and was iffy before)

ok, I'll try it in 2.5 then

> > - My Intel AL440LX box (440LX chipset, 20G Quantum Fireball) worked
> > brilliantly up to 2.5.36, but hangs *hard* with 2.5.39 as soon
> > as I tar zxf the kernel source tarball.
> > (May or may not be IDE. I'll try a minimal 2.5.39 tonight.)
>
> Thats PIIX, which should be the most boringly stable configuration of
> the lot 8(

There's no evidence that this is an ide error yet. I'd like to see some
serial console or similar on that beast. I have no LX board here, but
piix is rock solid.

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Jens Axboe