Re: 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 doesn't boot

From: Adrian Bunk (bunk_at_fs.tum.de)
Date: 08/13/04

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    Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:23:59 +0200
    To: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
    
    

    On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:43:00PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
    >...
    > Adrian, if you enable your not-present floppy in the BIOS,
    > what does Linux do?

    2.6.8-rc3-mm1 boots, 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 fails.

    From the 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 boot log:

    <-- snip -->

    ...
    ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
    parport0: irq 7 detected
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    Using anticipatory io scheduler
    Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

    --->> 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 stops here

    floppy0: no floppy controllers found
    loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
    sis900.c: v1.08.07 11/02/2003
    ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 6 (level, low) -> IRQ 6
    eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1.
    eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
    eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 6, 00:0b:6a:3b:93:a8.
    ...

    <-- snip -->

    > thanks,
    > -Len

    cu
    Adrian

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