From: Johann Felix Soden <johfel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> If the slot is already occupied, there should be written 0xff to idx[i]. In the ongoing code and in this case there are no writings to idx[i], so garbage stays in idx. The kernel get into a endless loop printing: : I/O resource 0x0-0x0 not free. Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000000-0000000000000000> Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000000-0000000000000000> This patch solves http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/28810 . Signed-off-by: Johann Felix Soden <johfel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/ide-generic.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c index 5499a77..fb9865c 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c @@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ static int __init ide_generic_init(void) */ hwif = ide_find_port(); if (hwif == NULL || hwif->index != i) + { + idx[i] = 0xff; continue; + } memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw)); ide_std_init_ports(&hw, io_addr, io_addr + 0x206); -- 1.5.4.2 - 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