Bug#289770: (fwd) Re: Bug#289770: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686: 2.6.10 fails to set up DMA on my IBM thinkpad
Philip and Bartlomiej,
I've been tracking an almost identical problem on my IA64 platform with
a bk pull that is about a month old.
I tracked it down to a duplicate vector request of 0x38 = 56 by the
mmtimer -- take a look at /proc/interrupts, /proc/ioports, /proc/iomem
and see if anything has requested the specific area that your CD is
trying to get.
My output looked like:
SGIIOC4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:01:01.0, revision 79
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc00001080c200140-0xc00001080c200163
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8588, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0: Disabled unable to get IRQ 56.
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8588, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: IRQ probe failed (0x4ffffffe)
Probing IDE interface ide1...
ide1: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide2...
ide2: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide3...
ide3: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide4...
ide4: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide5...
ide5: Wait for ready failed before probe !
ide0: DISABLED, NO IRQ
Bartlomiej, just a thought:
I think that the output of the failures of the probes for non-existant
interfaces ide1-ide5 could be suppressed, no?
What would you think if we only output the "failed before probe"
messages for interfaces that return -EBUSY from wait_hwif_ready? It
would make the system boot a lot "prettier":)
P.
Does the kernel know what the 'something' is? Should I be routing
around in /proc looking for something specific?
cheers,
Phil
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