� ���, 09.03.2002, � 22:34, Isaac �������: > OK all, I'm trying to help here. I'm giving a clear description of a > problem, the hardware it affects, and the proposed solution. > > PROBLEM: > Installer kernel hangs at IDE probe when the ali15x3 driver is > loaded and attempts to probe devices. The last few lines of output > are: > > [...etc...] > ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78 > PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:0f.0. Please try > using > pci=biosirq. > ALI15X3: chipset revision 195 > ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > That's it, it hangs dead at this point where it would normally probe > the ide devices.
It has been discussed on lkml and it is driver bug, should hopefully be fixed in 2.4.19. -andrej
