Re: Linux 2.5.64-ac1

[Steven Cole]

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 15:58, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:51:16PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 21:24, Steven Cole wrote:
> > > I backed out the same partitions stuff as before, and 2.5.64-ac1 boots
> > > fine.  This is the resulting diff.
> > 
> > Backing it out isnt an option in the end, it has to get fixed 8(
> 
> Usually I try to follow partition and geometry stuff, but this
> is a discussion I missed.  What is wrong?
> 
> Andries

Here are the symptoms if that will help.  
Copied by hand when it died on boot.

Call Trace:

ide_xlate_1024+0xf5
read_dev_sector+0x69
handle_ide_mess+0x179
msdos_partition+0x3c
call_console_drivers+0xeb
printk+0x17d
check_partition+0xac
register_disk+0xd0
blk_register_region+0x24
add_disk+0x35
exact_match+0x0
exact_lock+0x0
sd_attach+0x291
scsi_register_device+0x94
init+0x62
init+0x0
kernel_thread_helper+0x5

Steven