this patch is an Xu legacy patch for modular ide-generic support. build for smaller modular .configs and initrd-tools.
initrd-tools loads _all_ ide driver and lets them fight out: the ones which don't unload stay. the bad side effect of a winning ide-generic is !dma on that box http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/06/msg00100.html fs reports his via8cxxx boards affected too. you need to set manually the module load order as workaround. the patch is repeatably NACKed by ide upstream: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/9014 ubuntu has thrown the patch out of his tree: http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3bdecc3459576a8a1ff42b7cab9c3b2264a4c3ac regarding dma the newer initramfs generating tools: yaird has troubles with the load ordering. initramfs-tools did hardcode ide-generic until 0.40 and had dma troubles too. (see #336103) newer udev doesn't bring up ide-generic. initramfs-tools fails to boot on those without ide-generic explicitly added to /etc/mkinitramfs/modules. (wide range of hardware like thinkpad r40e) so currently i'd vote for removing that patch. happy to hear your opinion? :) -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
