Bug#574412: linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64: unloading and realoding ide-cd-mod breaks system
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:34:41PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 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.
Please test if briefly if you find the time, so that we can close the bug
or otherwise look into backporting a fix for the Squeeze kernel.
Cheers,
Moritz
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