Bug 46140 – sym53c8xx hangs during bootup on 2.6.3 if no disk in m.o. drive

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description marat 2004-03-29 10:19:59 UTC]

I have a Fujitsu m2511a m.o. drive.

If I boot linux-2.6.3-gentoo-r1
with no disk in the m2511a drive,
the boot process hangs after it loads
the sym53c8xx module.

Apparently, it is waiting for a disk
to be inserted because the boot process
resumes after I insert a disk.

If I boot vanilla-2.4.25 kernel with no disk in the drive,
the bootup completes without interruption.

My /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4
and /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
say this:
--------- quote --------
apm
es1371
ppp_async
svgalib_helper
sym53c8xx
vfat
--------unquote --------


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13
Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-gentoo-r1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=k6-3 -mmmx -m3dnow -Os -pipe"
CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/
/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
/usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k6-3 -mmmx -m3dnow -Os -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome
gpm gtk gtk2 guile imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql
ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline
sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"

[Comment 1 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) 2004-04-11 04:50:24 UTC]

Could you please try upgrading to gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5 and see if the problem persists?

[Comment 2 Jason Cox (RETIRED) 2004-06-02 18:02:54 UTC]

This has gone long enough with no reply. Marking CANTFIX becuase of that.