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From: Nicolas B. <ni...@bo...> - 2007-03-15 05:59:57
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, th...@m3... wrote: > Zitat von Nicolas Boichat <ni...@bo...>: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi Soeren, >> >> (copying the list, as it is interesting for them) >> >> Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: >>> Hi Nicolas, >>> >>> can we agree on that the appletouch and usb-storage-zerowait patch can >>> be removed from mactel patches, as they don't provide any extra >>> functionality but just satisfy certain developer preferences ? >> I agree about usb-storage-zerowait, I don't know who introduced this >> patch, and what it is useful for... Maybe this person is still >> monitoring the list, in this case it would be nice to have some explanation. >> > > As far as i remember this patch was needed in the first steps of mactel-linux, > because in these days there was a problem with the sata controller, which > didn't work under linux, so the only way to boot linux on a macbook was an usb > storage device attached to the computer. you can only boot from an usb storage > device when the usb wait time is set to zero, if not the kernel will not find > the root device and will print out a message like "VFS: Cannot open root > device". Wow, thanks for the explanation... So, basically, this patch has nothing to do in the SVN, and you have a kernel parameter if you really want to change it. Best regards, Nicolas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+OC401ajQnpJXgERAsFpAJ9rrNYSDOcIRwmAhFOQGnCj3G8zlwCbBlwS oGZ6OUgJij0gswS8863xPMU= =qfQP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |