linux-kernel - Re: Boot opens CD tray

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:03:49 -0500
From:   Ken <kennethcelander@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Boot opens CD tray

The CD/DVD is a SATA ASUS; connected to a ASRock 970A-G/3.1 motherboard.

The changed "driver" has to be in the kernel, if it changed.

On 9/23/21 7:34 AM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:27:48AM -0500, Ken wrote:
>> Linux Mint 20.2.
>>
>> Near the end of the boot up process, the CD/DVD tray will open, and
>> immediately close.
>>
>> This started with the kernel update 5.4.0-84.94, and now also with
>> 5.4.0-86.97.
>>
>> Time shifted back to 5.4.0-81, with no CD tray opening problem.
> I guess you should at least provide more info such as how your CD drive
> is attached to the host (SATA/USB/IDE/SCSI/other?), and maybe compare
> the boot logs from the working and broken kernels just in case you'd
> find different messages possibly indicating a difference in a driver.
>
> Willy