Kernel 2.6.14-1.1719 to 2.6.14-1.1740

Clyde E. Kunkel clydekunkel7734 at cox.net
Wed Dec 7 19:47:21 UTC 2005


Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:56:12AM +0000, Matt Carter wrote:
>  > Hi Guy
>  > 
>  > Currently I have one working kernel on my system 2.6.14-1.1715, on the
>  > other Kernels I get Udev freeze. I added a "set -x" and "echo $1" to
>  > my rc.sysinit to see what was causing the hang. I got this:
>  > 
>  > +echo floppy
>  > floppy
>  > modprobe floppy
>  > 
>  > This is when it hangs, my laptop has no floppy or floppy controller.
>  > So i "#" out modprobe floppy from the rc.sysinit script and it got a
>  > little further, but then it froze on:
>  > 
>  > +echo echi-hcd
>  > ehci+hcd
>  > +modprobe ehci-hcd
>  > 
>  > Any one else having problems like this? I have been reporting it on
>  > bugzilla (174270) wondered if anyone else had any luck fixing the
>  > issue?
> 
> you could alias floppy off in the modprobe.conf, but that just hides
> the real problem.  I'm puzzled as to why this is suddenly causing
> big problems, as the diffs in the floppy driver between 'works'
> and 'broken' kernels are really benign.  It's a victim of some other
> change, but what that change is is a mystery to me at the moment.
> 
> 		Dave
> 

could this be an USB floppy and BIOS has legacy USB selected?

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Regards,

Old Fart




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