Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Jun 97 22:02 MET DST | From | (Hans-Joachim Baader) | Subject | Re: [2.0.30] solid lock with SCSI, floppy and audio access |
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In article <33AD1FCB.6594DB95@brasil.enemy.org>, Claudio Matsuoka <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> wrote: >Jun 21 22:23:34 pris kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called >Jun 21 22:23:34 pris kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector
Yes, the 2.0.30 floppy driver seems to be evil :-( I also have a problem with it which seems only to happen on machines with very little memory. If someone wants to investigate it, try the following:
Boot linux with the option 'mem=5m' Try some operations with the floppy, eg. fdformat, read, write.
The machine will crash or spill endless messages 'coudn't get a free page'.
I tried this on a box with real 5 MB of memory (386/40) and another one with the 'mem=5m' option (AMD 5x86). I tried 5.25" and 3.5" disks. I also tried the stock 2.0.30 kernel and 2.0.pre31-2.
hjb
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