From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: EDD still failing on some systems with 2.6.23-rc6-git2
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46EE99C0.5020106@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46EAB179.4030805@zytor.com>
On 09/14/2007 12:06 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>> I added debugging code to print a letter for each step in i386 setup,
>> and it gets to 'J', then it hangs:
>>
>> /* Query EDD information */
>> #if defined(CONFIG_EDD) || defined(CONFIG_EDD_MODULE)
>> putchar('J');
>> query_edd();
>> #endif
>>
>> Multiple reports of this happening on 2.6.23-rc6 can be found at
>> the end of:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251724
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239585
>
> I just attached a test patch to the bug report shown above. If someone
> with access to the relevant hardware could test out the patch, I would
> greatly appreciate it.
>
Still fails. And apparently fails on disk 0, because it hangs right
after printing a zero:
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch.orig/arch/i386/boot/edd.c
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/arch/i386/boot/edd.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ void query_edd(void)
* Scan the BIOS-supported hard disks and query EDD
* information...
*/
+ putchar('0' + (devno - 0x80) % 10);
get_edd_info(devno, &ei);
if (boot_params.eddbuf_entries < EDDMAXNR) {
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-14 15:32 EDD still failing on some systems with 2.6.23-rc6-git2 Chuck Ebbert
2007-09-14 16:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-17 15:14 ` Chuck Ebbert [this message]
2007-09-17 15:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
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