Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:55:39 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Kconfig cleanup (PARPORT_PC dependencies) |
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On 09/12/2013 01:53 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: >> >> I'm somewhat astonished that this driver is that problematic. It is >> really just a very basic PIO interface, at least in the absence of >> EPP/ECP. >> >> It is, of course, also largely a dead interface at this point so it >> probably doesn't matter. > > So, my collection of 'randconfig kernel crashers' has this exclusion and > comment: > > --- linux.orig/drivers/block/Kconfig > +++ linux/drivers/block/Kconfig > @@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ config GDROM > config PARIDE > tristate "Parallel port IDE device support" > depends on PARPORT_PC > + > + # the probe can hang during bootup on non-PARIDE boxes > + depends on BROKEN_BOOT_ALLOWED > + select BROKEN_BOOT if PARIDE = y > + > > So at least some uses of PARPORT_PC are unsafe. (might easily be a bug in > PARIDE) >
That I would believe.
-hpa
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