> > I haven't yet debugged the cause, but it seems that the
> > mask is not being initialized properly, which causes the
> > Hurd to be unable to mount IDE drives properly (i.e., a
> > formerly working system will now be unable to boot,
> > complaining that the drive is not available.).
>
> I'm not sure why, since no problem occurs in my environment (both in
> IDE and in SCSI). So you should investigate your problem yourself. Try
> to track the function "device_open" in linux/dev/glue/block.c, and see
> where the function returns incorrectly (possibly the return value is
> D_NO_SUCH_DEVICE).
>
Will do. Can you direct me to the bug report that prompted you
to make the change? You refer to the bug reporter's e-mail, but
I don't know if anything helpful might be present in the message
he sent (i.e., why the need for the mask).
Thanks,
-Brent
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