linux-kernel - Re: [bisected] 2.6.39 breaks floppy

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 21:37:34 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [bisected] 2.6.39 breaks floppy

On 2011-05-25 21:16, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> Hello,
> floppy stopped working in 2.6.39 (confirmed on two machines). 2.6.38 worked 
> fine. 
> /dev/fd0 is created but does not work (mdir says: "No such device or address", 
> mount says "/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device"). dmesg shows no errors:
> 
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> 
> Bisected it to 9fd097b14918875bd6f125ed699d7bbbba5893ee
> (block: unexport DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE for legacy/fringe drivers)
> 
> Adding the removed line back to floppy.c fixes the problem.

Tejun?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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