From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263740AbTJCNMm (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:12:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263741AbTJCNMm (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:12:42 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:23427 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263740AbTJCNMk (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:12:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:14:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Emmanuel Fleury cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Floppy disk working constantly In-Reply-To: <1065186072.6517.44.camel@rade7.s.cs.auc.dk> Message-ID: References: <1065186072.6517.44.camel@rade7.s.cs.auc.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > Hi, > > I am testing the 2.6.0-test6 and I noticed that my floppy driver is > working constantly. > > More details: > > I have compiled the floppy driver as a module: > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m > > I noticed that the floppy drive was constantly on and when a disk was in > it was acting as it was reading (but no request to do so was sent). > > Then I noticed that the module was not loaded, so I did a "modprobe > floppy" and instantly the floppy driver shot down and act normally... > > I guess that this problem has been already reported, but I didn't manage > to find it in the mailing-list archive, so I am submitting it in doubt. > [SNIPPED...] What are you using as a boot loader? This may be a problem with the boot loader not turning off the floppy drive motor before it transfers control to Linux. With no built-in floppy driver, the motor would never turn off. With quick boot hard-disks, the floppy motor may still be ON from the initial BIOS access. Just for kicks, change the order of boot devices in your BIOS so that the floppy is never accessed during boot. This should verify the problem. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.