Re: BUG iomega parport
Marcin Dalecki (dalecki@dacotec.net)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:03:12 +0100
Tim Waugh wrote:
>
> 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?
>
Duno. I have skipped 2.3.32 entierly... But supposedly the changes between
2.3.32 and 2.3.33 where of no relevance here.
--Marcin
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