linux-kernel - Re: 3.2-rc2 regression: floppy driver breaks boot

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Message-ID: <20111122142121.GB2013@gherkin.frus.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:21:21 -0600
From:	Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 3.2-rc2 regression: floppy driver breaks boot

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:14:06PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 3.2-rc1..rc2 fail to boot, due to some warn-on in block layer. It
> seems that floppy driver is responsible.
> 
> I'll try to turn the floppy driver off and see what happens.
> 
> Seems like floppy driver has no maintianer :-(.

Might be my issue as well.  I've got an old AMD K6-III/450 system with
two floppy drives.  When booting 3.2-rc2 (didn't try "-rc1"), the system
switches video modes (VESA FB console), and then hangs/panics.  No
further info available because the panic happens too early for syslog to
record it, and the console goes blank at the time of the mode switch:
there's nothing on the screen I might transcribe manually.  3.1-final
works fine.

--Bob
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