Messages in this thread | | | From | Sergio Callegari <> | Subject | IDE Floppy support for IOMEGA Zip Drive broken in 3.16 -> 3.17 transition | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:58:58 +0000 (UTC) |
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Hi,
I have an Iomega IDE Zip drive as in:
/dev/sda:
Model=IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy, FwRev=12.A, SerialNo= Config={ SpinMotCtl Removeable nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:500,w/IORDY:180} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 AdvancedPM=no
* signifies the current active mode
ATAPI Direct-access device, with removable media Model Number: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy Serial Number: Firmware Revision: 12.A Standards: Likely used: 4 Configuration: DRQ response: <=10ms with INTRQ Packet size: 12 bytes cache/buffer size = unknown Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) DMA: not supported PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 Cycle time: no flow control=500ns IORDY flow control=180ns Removable Media Status Notification feature set supported Security: supported enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count supported: enhanced erase Security level high
The drive used to work just fine up to 3.16. After a kernel upgrade, the drive started giving issues. Some checks let me be sure that the issue does not exist with 3.16 and exists with 3.17.
The problem manifests with IOWAIT all of a sudden jumping high (approx 50%) and staying high, even with the Iomega Zip drive unmounted. When this happens any activity having to do with the drive hangs (even hdparm -i /dev/sda). No related message in syslog apart from the indication of hung processes. Detaching the drive makes the machine behave properly.
What has changed wrt IDE in 3.16->3.17 transition? Why is the issue present even when the drive is not used (unmounted)? How can I help diagnosing?
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