OK the following assumes CF never have slaves which is just wrong.
The CF should be logically treated as an IDE harddisk. So the fix is
probably have a kernel parameter that causes the following check to
be skipped?
/*
* Prevent long system lockup probing later for non-existant
* slave drive if the hwif is actually a flash memory card of some
variety:
*/
if (drive_is_flashcard(drive)) {
ide_drive_t *mate = &HWIF(drive)->drives[1^drive->select.b.unit];
if (!mate->ata_flash) {
mate->present = 0;
ide_drive_t *mate =
&HWIF(drive)->drives[1^drive->select.b.unit]
mate->noprobe = 1;
}
}
But do we need this check? Is it just for speed. If you have an "ordinary"
harddrive as master with no slave, will the check for slave cause the same
"long system lockup", and if not, why.
Padraig.
Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Because in laptops, the primary use of CFA.
> Laptops using CFA do not have slaves.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
