F7T4 and SATA/IDE testing - a call to arms!

[Richard Hally]

Will Woods wrote:
> Hi, folks!
> 
> This is your early warning that F7Test4 - the last of the pre-F7 test
> releases - is coming out NEXT WEEK. 
> 
> IF YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DISK DETECTION AND/OR OTHER
> DISK-RELATED THINGS, please read this!
> 
> One of the biggest changes in F7 is the new IDE driver stack, which uses
> libata (like the SATA drivers do). Not only are IDE hard drives now
> called /dev/sdX, but they're using new and interesting code. This could
> be (and has been) causing some problems relating to drive detection at
> boot time and install time, especially with upgrades from FC6 and
> earlier.
> 
> Here's a couple of common examples: 
> 
> Bug #225026: pata_amd not loaded so no drives found 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225026
> Already fixed for Test4.
> 
> sata_sil causes system freeze
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232991
> This only affects one machine that we've seen - if you've seen it too,
> please let us know!
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Here is one for pata_sis not finding a CD drive.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235902

Richard