From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161169AbXCBHTU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:19:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161235AbXCBHTU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:19:20 -0500 Received: from ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca ([129.128.207.67]:58246 "EHLO ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161141AbXCBHTT (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:19:19 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 2641 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:19:19 EST Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:35:07 -0700 From: Michal Jaegermann To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Alan , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Cable detection fixes Message-ID: <20070302063507.GA8345@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca> Reply-To: michal@harddata.com References: <20070301173003.5d5ab4a6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <45E77EDD.3010205@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45E77EDD.3010205@garzik.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 08:33:17PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > That little change, buried in the middle of Alan's patch, changes the > probing order for a /lot/ of devices, possibly millions, when you > consider that it changes behavior of ata_piix (Intel SATA) as well as > all the not-yet-default PATA controllers. Hm, I got recently hands on a hardware where 2.6.21-rc1 based kernels from Fedora rawhide simply do not boot as there is no way to get to disks. I would not mind some change in behavior although so far I can boot at least some earlier kernels. This looks like ATIIXP issue and details are here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229621 Changelogs for kernels in question have this: * Wed Feb 21 2007 Dave Jones - 2.6.21-rc1 Michal