Re: 2.3.43: IDE CD mount(8) hangs; ditto SysRq

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2000 - 14:12:19 EST


On Sat, Feb 12 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> > 2.2.15pre6 and 2.3.42aa3 gave:
> >
> > kernel: hdd: ide_wait_noerr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > kernel: hdd: ide_wait_noerr: error=0xb4
> > kernel: hdd: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > kernel: hdd: set_drive_speed_status: error=0xb4
> > kernel: hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
> > kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.06
> >
> > (Revision 2.56 doesn't give any of this nonsense)
>
> Translation of "this nonsense"......
>
> Your CDROM can not handle the full throttle auto-tuning, the is a problem
> with the device's firmware or other hardware. If your drive behaved well
> and responded correctly to the active-hardware correction of the BIOS
> settings, it would have never barffed the message.

I've got more reports exactly like this one -- when did this start
to happen?

> > It is identified as CRD-8400C, ATAPI CDROM drive, alone on ide1.
>
> It most likely belongs on a capablities list of short comings.

Are you sure? It's not us being too optimistic?

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*  Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
*  Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
*  http://www.kernel.dk

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