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Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:06:51 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Floppy constantly accessed in 2.6.31-rc2

On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 23:44 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> On 2.6.31-rc2 (actually current git as of today) the floppy drive is 
> constantly being accessed with these messages being reported:
> 
> Platform driver 'floppy' needs updating - please use dev_pm_ops
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> 
> lsof reports no process with /dev/fd0 open so it is not clear what is 
> causing this activity. It looks like the access starts when I log in to 
> X, but doesn't stop when I log out. I'm guessing HAL or something checks 
> the floppy drive and then the kernel somehow gets stuck in a loop 
> retrying the request..

That does look a bit like
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489083 (and its duplicate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496586 ).

Regards,


Paul Bolle

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