Jaunty config changes: Build in CDROM_PKTCDVD and CHR_DEV_SG

Andy Whitcroft apw at canonical.com
Tue Dec 23 10:11:29 UTC 2008


On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:40:32AM -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
> 
> Isn't CHR_DEV_SG just for eject and other non-blockdev controls?

I queried it less for what it does specifically than when it seems to
appear in my logs.  Note the scsi generic sg0 is attached well before sd
is attached to the device:

    [    4.462868] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
    [    4.784113] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
    [    5.104153] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
    [    5.104279] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD2500BEVT-7 11.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    [    5.104379] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
    [    5.105477] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD+-RW AD-7640S HD14 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    [    5.105548] scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[...]
    [    5.717378] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
    [    5.717392] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
    [    5.717394] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
    [    5.717416] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

Now this may occur because we have sg in the initrd and just because it
is loaded.  Perhaps if we boot without it then things continue without
forcing a load.

-apw




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