Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Apr 1998 22:12:31 +0000 ( ) | From | Differential Form <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.1.98.. |
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Henrik Storner wrote:
> F Harvell <spam@fts.net>: > > >On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 01:13:22 PDT, Bill Broadhurst wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:30:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> > > >> > I just released a fairly small patch to 97 to bring it up to 98. > >> > >> Seems to break my BusLogic controller. Hangs right after the floppy where it > >> would normally start the SCSI messages. Hard hang. > > > Similar thing here. Two observations: 1) The hang was right after the "Floppy > > drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M", but before the "FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077"
Same here, on a dual P75 Tyan Tomcat IV, compiled with SMP.
> > Seems that 2.1.98 hangs for a lot of people. But maybe the problem is with > the floppy driver ? I use a versioned kernel with no floppy driver built-in, > and 2.1.98 appears quite OK here. > > My NCR810 SCSI controller and SCSI harddisk are also running fine. > > Could someone who has experienced the lockups try booting a kernel without the > floppy driver ?
I'll give it a shot and report back.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Imrisek "I've done . . . questionable things. imrisek@interlog.com Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for."
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