Re: flash as hda causes 2.4.18 to hang in grok_partitions()...add_to_page_cache_unique()

Erik Mouw (J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl)
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:43:48 +0200


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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:59:16PM +0200, Daniel Egger wrote:
> Am Mon, 2003-03-31 um 20.22 schrieb David Wuertele:
>=20
> > I've got a mipsel linux 2.4.18 system that has a compact flash IDE
> > disk as hda. For some reason, in grok_partitions, the kernel goes
> > bye-bye. I've traced it as far as read_page_cache().
>=20
> I'd say this is a platform specific bug as it works for me under 2.4.18
> on ppc and i386.

It usually is a CF bug. I've seen failing CF cards on one machine which
work perfectly well in another machine. Just try the same card in
another machine, or a get a new card. I haven't tried it with the new
IDE code, though.

Erik

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J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw
Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl mouw@nl.linux.org

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