From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262592AbTKVSNT (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262601AbTKVSNS (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:18 -0500 Received: from sea1-dav23.sea1.hotmail.com ([207.68.162.80]:57092 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262592AbTKVSNR (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:13:17 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [216.75.183.140] X-Originating-Email: [xaphod_at_work@hotmail.com] From: "Tim Carr" To: Subject: IDE LED and 2.4.22, weird problem Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:14:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Nov 2003 18:13:16.0861 (UTC) FILETIME=[4D32A6D0:01C3B124] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hey there, I have a very weird thing happening with my Linux router. I upgraded the kernel from 2.4.21 to 2.4.22, with almost no configuration changes. Now, when the machine has been powered on for awhile (about 2 or 3 hours), the IDE LED will just stay on permanently. I figured some process was thrashing or just doing tons of swapping, but using iostat reveals that there's absolutely no I/O (there's a little every now and then, but not as much as a solid light on all the time); it makes no difference if I kill off every single process possible (except kernel and init). The LED will stay lit permanently (3 days never went off). Rebooting the machine fixes the problem for another 2 or 3 hours until it occurs again. Reverting back to kernel 2.4.21 fixes the problem entirely! Right now i've reverted to 2.4.21 as it's annoying not having an IDE LED that "works". Why would my IDE LED get stuck "on"? I'm not using any non-standard IDE drivers, just the Uniform IDE driver etc. Please cc all replies to my email address also. Thanks, Tim Carr