Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:49:12 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: oops in init_gendisk() (2.3.48) |
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Andre Hedrick writes: > > > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30 > > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B, ATAPI CDROM drive > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > DRAT..............Richard, please check for NULL assignment possiblitiies > in the ATA/IDE sub-system > This is one of the "incestuous" natures that ATA/IDE has that Linus > referred to in the past.......... :-(
Can you elaborate on this, please?
> > which works out (I think) to line 745 in ide-probe.c > > sprintf (name, "ide/host%d/bus%d/target%d/lun%d", > > hwif->channel ? hwif->mate->index : hwif->index, > > hwif->channel, unit, 0); > > > > probably hwif->mate == NULL. > > You NAIL that nasty!!!!!!
So could you explain under what conditions (hwif->mate == NULL) ?
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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