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    SubjectRe: [bug] sata detection problem
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    2009/2/8 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>:

    [...]

    > Look at the weird sda detection. The only _real_ device on this system is the
    > ST3320620AS disk which got detected as sdb. But the bogus sda entry crashed the
    > (older) OS installation on the box:
    >
    > [ 20.132252] VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
    >
    > Find below a successful bootup. Bug is very sporadic. (seems timing related)
    >

    I had similar problem few months ago, while laptop hangs during DVD
    drive detection. Problem occurs very often when CONFIG_HZ_1000 is set,
    but never when CONFIG_HZ=300 is set. I reported this, but I hadn't any
    response. Also I think, that is timming issue.

    http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/8/11/2898134

    --
    Maciej Rutecki
    http://www.maciek.unixy.pl


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