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SubjectRe: 2.6.17-rc5-mm2
On 6/2/06, Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com> wrote:
> I'm doing building the kernel, but I haven't been able to boot it yet:

That should be "done building".

> This system boots the kernel off floppy disks, and under
> 2.6.17-rc5-mm2, the floppy drive no longer works! The disk spins but
> the kernel can't read any of the disk's sectors, even for other
> known-working floppies. I'll have to boot back into 2.6.17-rc4-mm3

I notice that I get messages like this in dmesg with each disk access:

[24067.495591]
[24067.496740] floppy driver state
[24067.497874] -------------------
[24067.499009] now=2371176 last interrupt=2370874 diff=302 last called
handler=c021c69b
[24067.501195] timeout_message=redo fd request
[24067.502286] last output bytes:
[24067.503500] 8 80 2287517
[24067.504716] 8 80 2287517
[24067.505960] 8 80 2287517
[24067.507173] 8 80 2287517
[24067.508347] 8 80 2287972
[24067.509480] 8 80 2287972
[24067.510611] 8 80 2287972
[24067.511745] 8 80 2287972
[24067.512876] 8 80 2288278
[24067.514007] 8 80 2288278
[24067.515138] 8 80 2288278
[24067.516281] 8 80 2288278
[24067.517403] 8 80 2343834
[24067.518456] 8 80 2343834
[24067.519705] 8 80 2343834
[24067.520910] 8 80 2343834
[24067.522099] 8 80 2370874
[24067.523290] 8 80 2370874
[24067.524481] 8 80 2370874
[24067.525638] 8 80 2370874
[24067.526772] last result at 2370874
[24067.527906] last redo_fd_request at 2370876
[24067.529041]
[24067.530174] status=80
[24067.531305] fdc_busy=1
[24067.532436] floppy_work.func=c021a164
[24067.533570] cont=c0310e98
[24067.534651] current_req=dfe9a7d0
[24067.535747] command_status=-1
[24067.536937]
[24067.538133] floppy0: floppy timeout called
[24067.539345] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

The various numbers sometimes change however. I could provide a few
more samples if need be.
--
-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
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