From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264034AbUECVap (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 17:30:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264032AbUECVaf (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 17:30:35 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:22407 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264096AbUECVaS (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 17:30:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 14:30:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Rene Herman cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] removal of legacy cdrom drivers (Re: [PATCH] mcdx.c insanity removal) In-Reply-To: <4096B810.5060907@keyaccess.nl> Message-ID: References: <20040502024637.GV17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040503011629.GY17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <4095BAA3.3050000@keyaccess.nl> <20040503055934.GA17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <40968A9F.6070608@keyaccess.nl> <20040503194558.GF17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <4096B810.5060907@keyaccess.nl> 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 Mon, 3 May 2004, Rene Herman wrote: > > Doesn't actually look all driver. The CD is good; works fine in this > same drive with its own 2.0 kernel (and on other drives). Please note, > this is a 386. Memory is good. dmesg and .config attached. Looks like the driver seriously broke the request list, and that in turn corrupted memory. So the oopses are totally independent of the real bug. Most likely a scrogged conversion to the new request handling. Linus