3 things working in -STABLE and not in -CURRENT
David Gilbert
dgilbert at dclg.ca
Tue May 24 06:44:57 PDT 2005
>>>>> "Conrad" == Conrad J Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> writes:
Conrad> On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:10:57 -0400, David Gilbert
Conrad> <dgilbert at dclg.ca> wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my laptop to -CURRENT from 5.4-STABLE.
>> Curiously, I have found 3 unrelated things that broke. In each
>> case, I have recompiled any code I believe remotely responsible.
>>
>> 1) atacontrol reinit 1
>>
>> This command used to recognise the hot plug of my CDROM into my
>> laptop bay. It now recognises that something is there, but can get
>> no version string from the probe and definately doesn't recognise
>> the drive.
>>
>> I suspect this is actually somehow related to ACPI ... as the
>> hot-swapability of the drive bay has depended on acpi.ko being
>> loaded in the past.
Conrad> I've been corresponding with Soren about a very similar
Conrad> problem. My DVD writer on ata1-master is not being
Conrad> recognized. Instead, my CD-RW on ata1-slave is being
Conrad> configured as acd0. I've been doing daily upgrades (amd64),
Conrad> but still to no avail, and Soren seems to be stumped as well.
Conrad> The hardware seems to be fine. I can boot a CD-ROM from the
Conrad> DVD drive with no problems, and a 5.2-RELEASE disc (i386)
Conrad> recognizes both drives.
Conrad> At least it's nice to know I'm not the only one. :-)
My case may or may not be different. My drive is recognised correctly
on boot ... the only error is when hot swapping it (which did also
work under 5.4).
Dave.
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