Chuck Ebbert wrote:
quoted text >
> Still fails. And apparently fails on disk 0, because it hangs right
> after printing a zero:
>
> --- linux-2.6.22.noarch.orig/arch/i386/boot/edd.c
> +++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/arch/i386/boot/edd.c
> @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ void query_edd(void)
> * Scan the BIOS-supported hard disks and query EDD
> * information...
> */
> + putchar('0' + (devno - 0x80) % 10);
> get_edd_info(devno, &ei);
>
> if (boot_params.eddbuf_entries < EDDMAXNR) {
You know... we actually do have printf()... you don't have to play this
kind of games; you can just printf("Drive %x...\n", devno);
So does this happen ONLY when booting from CD-ROM, or is there any other
case when it fails, too?
-hpa
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Re: EDD still failing on some systems with 2.6.23-rc6-git2 , H. Peter Anvin , (Mon Sep 17, 11:32 am)