The linux kernel ide-cd and cdrom guy
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Erik B. Andersen Web: http://www.inconnect.com/~andersen/
email: andersee@debian.org
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Andri Saar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a SIS 5517 chipset onboard and two harddrives on both IDE
> channels (hda and hdc, cdrom is hdd). Both kernels say something
> about the cipset not being in 100% native mode. They detect my
> harddrives correct, though. CD-ROM detection fails. First, it
> resets IDE interface for a couple of times and then it says I have
> 0X ATAPI CDROM with 47 MB of cache :). 2.1.80 reached to partition
> detection and then began the IRQ failed errors once more. 2.1.81
> didn't even reach it, it managed to crash before...
> I do not remember the correct error messages. Something about IRQ
> timeouts.
> 2.0 tree is working fine, also 2.1.78. I guess 2.1.79 introduced the
> bug, but the source didn't compile so I do not know wether it was 79
> or 80.
>
> Andri Saar
> (I am not a reader of this list. Mail me on andri@saared.kl.ee if you
> want to contact me)
>