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Message-Id: <1247526411.5220.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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