[ltp] ata_piix and 2.6.24 kernel => freeze?

Ashok Leyland linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:30:44 +0000


On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 11:33:54AM +0100, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Since my upgrade to 2.6.24 (thinkpad kernel), it seems that I have  
> trouble with ata_piix, when i open ultrabay trigger, the system freezes.
> Also I have system freezes, the way I see it, when i use an pata ub disk  
> (media mounted with quite a lot little reads/writes).
>
> Verification needed?
> Fixes?

you do modprobe -r ata_piix?

if I forget to do that before doing 
'echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/dock.0/undock'
to detach from the base, the machine locks up hard.

>
> florian