Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm2 pata driver confusion + tsc sync issues

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Ed Sweetman <safemode@comcast.net> wrote:
>

(eek, top-posting!)

> 2.6.16-rc2 with the libata patch alan cox provided resulted in a system 
> which correctly found my atapi drive on the pata bus.  
> 
> Also, moving from the mm kernels to 2.6.16-rc2 resulted in my pm timer 
> working again. 

I don't recall that.  Even 2.6.16-rc1-mm5?  What about rc1-mm4?

> So, it may have been all along that libata had supported my atapi 
> device, but either the patch when it got merged with mm became broken or 
> something else in mm broke it, and something else in mm caused my pm 
> timer to stop being used. 
> 
> Hopefully more people chime in with issues like this so the bug can be 
> tracked down in mm before the offending code makes it's way to a regular 
> release. 
> 
> 
> Also just to note, the patch to 2.6.16-rc2 alan cox made switches the 
> load order of pata and sata from mm, resulting in device name changes.  

That's bad.