> drive->hwif check is redundant, please remove it It's not. My first version didn't have it but it still crashed. It's what actually prevents the crash. I also don't know why, but it's true.
The machine had four IDE controllers BTW (on board an an external Promise card) -Andi - 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/