Re: BUG iomega parport

Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:34:17 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Martin Dalecki wrote:

> I would just like to make anybody aware that since 2.3.33 the support
> for the parport variant of this device appears to be broken.
> Apparently in the driver is compiled as a module it doesn't get past
> the initialization. In esp. modprobe ppa hangs in the uninitialized
> state of the module without any end and possibility to kill the
> loader. Which in fact is by the way showing some kind of possible race
> inside the modularisation as itself. But ... that's another story.

Yes. scsi_module:init_module never returns: init_module ->
scsi_register_module -> scsi_register_host -> scan_scsis ->
scan_scsis_single (presumably..)

I haven't chased it any further yet -- I will do tomorrow if I get time.
Has this been broken since 2.3.33, or was it also broken in 2.3.32?

Tim.
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