Re: Oops when installing floppy module

[Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  I'm having trouble while installing floppy.o (the computer doesn't
>  have a floppy drive, and the floppy controller is disabled at the BIOS
>  level).  Right after installing floppy.o I see:
> 
>  floppy0: no floppy controllers found

[snip Oops report]

>  Does this look like something that might be specific to the XFS tree
>  (2.4.9-xfs as of today) or should I report this to lkml?

This is not specific to the XFS tree, infact it's a known bug. Sometimes
it happens and sometimes not. I know that at least Alan Cox knows about
it. Please go ahead and mail this to lkml, that way someone else might find
out about it and fix it.

/Martin