subject:"\[PATCH\] drivers\/ide\/ide\-probe.c Skip ide_wait_not_busy on noprobe\-disks. was\: \[PATCH\]\[RESUBMIT\] drivers\/ide\/ide\-probe.c, kernel 2.6.23.1"

[PATCH] drivers/ide/ide-probe.c Skip ide_wait_not_busy on noprobe-disks. was: [PATCH][RESUBMIT] drivers/ide/ide-probe.c, kernel 2.6.23.1

2007-11-16 Thread Jonas Stare

There is a problem in some hardware where the kernel will stall for 35 seconds waiting for disks that dont exist. This patch will skip waiting for the BSY-bit on ide-drives to go away if you set hdx=noprobe as a kernel option and the disk is not marked as 'present' (like when you set the geometry b

Re: [PATCH] drivers/ide/ide-probe.c Skip ide_wait_not_busy on noprobe-disks. was: [PATCH][RESUBMIT] drivers/ide/ide-probe.c, kernel 2.6.23.1

2007-11-18 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

On Friday 16 November 2007, Jonas Stare wrote: > There is a problem in some hardware where the kernel will stall for > 35 seconds waiting for disks that dont exist. This patch will skip > waiting for the BSY-bit on ide-drives to go away if you set > hdx=noprobe as a kernel option and the disk is no