[parisc-linux] Linux on HP

[Grant Grundler]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 05:13:22PM +0000, Joel Soete wrote:
> Not me, it is the same pb on my b2k:
> (see logs in the src thread)
> "[...]
> NS87415: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 70
> NS87415: chipset revision 3
> NS87415: 100% native mode on irq 103
>     ide0: BM-DMA at 0x0a00-0x0a07, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
>     ide1: BM-DMA at 0x0a08-0x0a0f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> hda: HL-DT-ST GCE-8481B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0xf00-0xf07,0xe02 on
> hda: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
> [...]"
> 
> The question is: is it enough to unplug the ide cable of this ide cdrom 
> to make it works?

It might if the IDE is causing problems.
is NS87415 code causing problems?

> btw can you have a look in your dmesg to see if you also encounter 
> NS87415's messages?

NS87415 is the IDE controller on the c3xxx motherboard.
Disconnecting the cable will only make the CD-ROM drive inaccessible.
Suckyio provides NS87415-like functionality and is quite buggy.

grant