Bug#574412: linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64: unloading and realoding ide-cd-mod breaks system

[Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>]

On 2 August 2010 03:56, Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> wrote:
> tags 574412 moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:57:25AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 01:12 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>> > Package: linux-2.6
>> > Version: 2.6.32-9
>> > Severity: important
>> >
>> >
>> > Doing
>> >
>> > # rmmod ide-cd-mod cdrom
>> > # modprobe ide-cd
>> >
>> > causes kernel null dereference and somewhow breaks the system so that it
>> > is no longer usable - it seems that the system is extremely slow and
>> > variuos applications eventually stop completely.
>>
>> The IDE subsystem is not properly maintained any more and this is not
>> very likely to be fixed.  Starting from 2.6.32-10 most PC IDE
>> controllers will be handled by libata-based drivers and you should not
>> need to use ide-cd.
>
> Michael, this kernel is now in testing and unstable. Please repeat your
> test.
>

If the official kernel has finally switched to libata this should no
longer be an issue as well as various other breakage caused by the old
ide drivers. It is certainly so for the 2.6.34-1 kernel, not sure
offhand about the testing/unstable kernels.

Thanks

Michal