It could be that I/O resources are busy because some other host driver has already claimed them so don't unregister the devices. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- -94 bytes drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 13 +------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c @@ -727,18 +727,7 @@ static void probe_hwif(ide_hwif_t *hwif) if ((hwif->chipset != ide_4drives || !hwif->mate || !hwif->mate->present) && (ide_hwif_request_regions(hwif))) { - u16 msgout = 0; - for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) { - ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[unit]; - if (drive->present) { - drive->present = 0; - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ERROR, PORTS ALREADY IN USE\n", - drive->name); - msgout = 1; - } - } - if (!msgout) - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ports already in use, skipping probe\n", + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ports already in use, skipping probe\n", hwif->name); return; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html