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List:       linux-ide
Subject:    Re: Linux hangs during IDE initialization at boot for 30 sec
From:       Rolf Offermanns <roffermanns () sysgo ! com>
Date:       2005-02-03 12:58:16
Message-ID: 200502031358.16827.roffermanns () sysgo ! com
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On Wednesday 02 February 2005 00:18, you wrote:

>
> The IDE layer waits up to 30 seconds for a device to drop it's busy bit,
> which is necessary for some drives that aren't fully initialized yet.
>
> I suspect in your case, it's reading "ff", which indicates either that
> there is no hardware where the kernel tries to probe, or that there is
> bogus IDE interfaces which don't properly have the D7 line pulled low so
> that BUSY appears not set in absence of a drive.
>
I have the same kind of bogus hardware here. What would be the right place to 
workaround this? (unfortunately it's not possible to fix/change the 
hardware).

-Rolf
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