Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.5.67: ppa driver & preempt == oops

[walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>]

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:51:53 -0700 walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> 
> | walt wrote:

> | I can mount and unmount the Zip disk as many times as I want, as long as
> | I don't eject the disk from the drive.
> | 
> | Once I eject the disk and insert it again, the mount commant just hangs
> | forever.  No error messages anywhere -- it just hangs.  I can't even
> | kill the mount command.  The only way out is to reboot and then all is
> | well again until the next time I eject the disk from the drive.
> 
> 
> I don't know that it's _required_, but you can try doing
>   umount /mnt/zip              (or /dev/sdx)
>   eject /mnt/zip               (or dev/sdx)
> 
> and then eject it, reinsert it, try to mount, etc.?

The eject command works perfectly, just like pushing the eject button.

When I reinsert the disk in the drive I still get a permanent hang when
trying to remount the drive.