Hi all, This is my first post to Cooker, though I've been a (paying!) mdk user since 7.0. I'm just posting here to raise the issue of the ALi 15x3 kernel driver which apparently breaks some machines, including my own new Fujitsu Lifebook P-2040. The symptom is a hard hang during the kernel boot process, as others have reported.
I am just raising the issue because this driver, while nice for DMA if it works on your machine, is completely unnecessary for the install process. Booting an alternate kernel off the second disk that does not have this driver works fine - but the alternate kernels only support ext2, which is unacceptable for portable machines with large disks. (At least this is true of Mdk8.1) So, all I ask is that this driver *not* be compiled into the main installer kernel of Mdk8.2-final. This will save those who are affected by the bugs in the /usr/src/linux/drivers/ide/alim15x3.c driver from having to install an ext2 system, and won't affect others at all. Is this possible? Thanks, -Isaac
