Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:32:24 -0700 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: EDD still failing on some systems with 2.6.23-rc6-git2 |
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Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > 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) {
You know... we actually do have printf()... you don't have to play this kind of games; you can just printf("Drive %x...\n", devno);
So does this happen ONLY when booting from CD-ROM, or is there any other case when it fails, too?
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