Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Floppy constantly accessed in 2.6.31-rc2 | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:06:51 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 23:44 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > On 2.6.31-rc2 (actually current git as of today) the floppy drive is > constantly being accessed with these messages being reported: > > Platform driver 'floppy' needs updating - please use dev_pm_ops > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > > lsof reports no process with /dev/fd0 open so it is not clear what is > causing this activity. It looks like the access starts when I log in to > X, but doesn't stop when I log out. I'm guessing HAL or something checks > the floppy drive and then the kernel somehow gets stuck in a loop > retrying the request..
That does look a bit like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489083 (and its duplicate https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496586 ).
Regards,
Paul Bolle
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