Re: [2.3.26] Using "idex/hdx" params from lilo, still a dream?

Luca Montecchiani (m.luca@iname.com)
Tue, 09 Nov 1999 10:16:57 +0100


Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> Well they should be there since I use them also for new hardware.
>
> Andre Hedrick
> The Linux IDE guy

Unfortunately not here, see what happen with 2.2.12 and 2.3.26
using the _same_ "hdc=none" boot parameter :

Good 2.2.12 boot:
-----------------

Linux version 2.2.12 (root@localhost) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 ven ago 27 08:59:28Detected
300691623 Hz processor.
ide_setup: hdc=none
Console: colour VGA+ 132x25
Calibrating delay loop... 299.83 BogoMIPS
Memory: 63092k/65536k available (1104k kernel code, 412k reserved, 884k
data, 44k init)
CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping 02
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3c0
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
parport0: PC-style at 0x278 [SPP,PS2]
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.9)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Non-volatile memory driver v1.0
js: Version 1.2.13 using 300 MHz RDTSC timer.
js: no joysticks found
loop: registered device at major 7
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: WDC AC24300L, ATA DISK drive
hdb: CRD-8322B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: WDC AC24300L, 4112MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA
hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

Bad 2.3.26 boot:
----------------

Linux version 2.3.26 (root@localhost) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 lun nov 8 13:08:17
e820: 0009fc00 @ 00000000 (usable)
e820: 00000400 @ 0009fc00 (reserved)
e820: 00010000 @ 000f0000 (reserved)
e820: 00010000 @ ffff0000 (reserved)
e820: 03f00000 @ 00100000 (usable)
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 300687539 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 132x25
Calibrating delay loop... 299.83 BogoMIPS
Memory: 62232k/65536k available (0k kernel code, 0k reserved, 0k data,
0k init, 0k highmem)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping 02
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.35 (19990512) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3c0
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Interrupt Routing Table found at 0xc00fdcb0 [router type 8086/7000]
Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.3
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 8192)
Starting kswapd v1.6
parport0: PC-style at 0x278 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.30 with SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI PCI_IOMEM enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09a
loop: registered device at major 7
loop: enabling 8 loop devices
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.20
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: WDC AC24300L, ATA DISK drive
hdb: CRD-8322B, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdc: WDC AC24300L, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: WDC AC24300L, 4112MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: WDC AC24300L, 4112MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=8912/15/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.05
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

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As you can see 2.3.26 didn't show "ide_setup: hdc=none" debug line and I repeat, all hdx/idex cmdline was ignored :(

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