On Mon Oct 29, 2001 at 01:10:53PM -0500, Bob Puff@NLE wrote:
> Wow, there is a major problem with the Kernel upgrade for Mandrake 7.1 at least, if
>not 7.x.
>
> Aside from the missing files in the source to be able to compile a new kernel,
>communication to my IDE drives seems to crash the kernel totally.
The source issue is corrected; new packages will be available soon.
But before we do that, I'd like to know more about this IDE problem
you've got.
> For example, I have a script that uses mirrordir to sync two drives: hda6 and hdc6,
>both primary drives on each separate IDE bus. With 2.2.19-2mdk (stock kernel, btw),
>it sometimes gives me seek complete errors when mounting, but it keeps going. After
>a while however, the thing takes a dump, shows the registers and stack, and it's
>toast.
Ok, so the dump/crash is with 2.2.19-2mdk or 2.2.19-5.xmdk? Which
kernel are we talking about here? You mention the kernel upgrade,
then you mention an older build, so I'm not sure which is causing you
the problem.
> I've tried different HDs, different motherboards, different everything... same
>problem. Using the 2.2.15-4mdk kernel, everything works perfectly.
>
> Looks like once again, this security upgrade is not ready for prime time.
Could you perhaps give us a list of the hardware you've tried this
with, and in what combinations, so we have an idea as to why it's
failing? These updates are not untested; they go through myself, the
secteam, and QA. This problem did not show up for anyone else other
than you. Your report is sketchy at best, so there isn't much I can
do with it. More information (in as gross detail as you can manage)
may help to track the problem down. It strikes me as odd that you
having used different drives, motherboards, and so on, can reproduce
this error on call, yet no one else who tested those kernels is able
to.
Perhaps the problem is your hardware... perhaps the problem is your
hardware with the 2.2.19 kernel since 2.2.15 seems to work fine for
you. I'm not sure... without any helpful information, it's extremely
difficult to even begin looking for a fix.
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