[Bugme-new] [Bug 12452] New: In kernel version 2.6.28, the rootdelay= kernel option does not do anything.

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12452

           Summary: In kernel version 2.6.28, the rootdelay= kernel option
                    does not do anything.
           Product: IO/Storage
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.28
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: high
          Priority: P1
         Component: Serial ATA
        AssignedTo: jgarzik at pobox.com
        ReportedBy: maclover201 at me.com


Latest working kernel version:2.6.27.10
Earliest failing kernel version:2.6.28
Distribution:Ubuntu 8.10
Hardware Environment:
CPU:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
stepping        : 7
cpu MHz         : 2393.989
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts cid
bogomips        : 4787.97
clflush size    : 64
Memory:
00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000cf7ff : Video ROM
000d0000-000d27ff : Adapter ROM
000f0000-000fffff : reserved
  000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-1fffbfff : System RAM
  00100000-003f0489 : Kernel code
  003f048a-0054378f : Kernel data
  005bd000-0066f473 : Kernel bss
1fffc000-1fffefff : ACPI Tables
1ffff000-1fffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
e3000000-e3000fff : 0000:00:13.0
  e3000000-e3000fff : firewire_ohci
e3800000-e38000ff : 0000:00:12.0
  e3800000-e38000ff : 8139too
e4000000-e400ffff : 0000:00:0f.0
e4800000-e4807fff : 0000:00:0e.0
  e4800000-e4807fff : 0000:00:0e.0
e5000000-e5000fff : 0000:00:03.3
  e5000000-e5000fff : ehci_hcd
e5800000-e5800fff : 0000:00:03.2
  e5800000-e5800fff : ohci_hcd
e6000000-e6000fff : 0000:00:03.1
  e6000000-e6000fff : ohci_hcd
e6800000-e6800fff : 0000:00:03.0
  e6800000-e6800fff : ohci_hcd
e7000000-e7ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
  e7000000-e7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0
    e7000000-e7ffffff : nvidia
e8000000-ebffffff : 0000:00:00.0
ef700000-febfffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
  ef7e0000-ef7fffff : 0000:01:00.0
  ef800000-ef87ffff : 0000:01:00.0
  f0000000-f7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0
fec00000-fec00fff : reserved
fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
  fee00000-fee00fff : reserved
ffee0000-ffefffff : pnp 00:02
ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
Software Environment:
Linux server 2.6.27.10 #1 SMP Wed Dec 24 17:52:21 MST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Gnu C                  4.3.2
Gnu make               3.81
binutils               2.18.93.20081009
util-linux             2.14
mount                  support
module-init-tools      3.3-pre11
e2fsprogs              1.41.3
reiserfsprogs          3.6.19
pcmciautils            014
PPP                    2.4.4
Linux C Library        2.8.90
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.8.90
Procps                 3.2.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.14.1
Sh-utils               6.10
udev                   124
wireless-tools         29
Modules Loaded         nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat rfcomm bridge stp bnep
sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev speedstep_lib cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_userspace wmi video
output container sbs sbshc pci_slot battery ipv6 iptable_filter ip_tables
x_tables ac sbp2 lp snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss pcspkr evdev psmouse usb_storage snd_pcm serio_raw libusual
snd_seq_dummy nvidia snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi parport_pc parport
snd_seq_midi_event rt61pci rt2x00pci rt2x00lib snd_seq rfkill snd_timer
snd_seq_device led_class i2c_sis96x button sis_agp agpgart eeprom_93cx6 snd
soundcore shpchp pci_hotplug i2c_core snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache 8139cp
sd_mod crc_t10dif sg ohci1394 ieee1394 ohci_hcd ehci_hcd 8139too mii usbcore
pata_sis pata_acpi ata_generic thermal processor fan fuse
Problem Description: The rootdelay boot option does not work.
Steps to reproduce: You must have a computer that requires rootdelay. Add the
rootdelay kernel option to your boot agent. In this case I use GRUB. Try
booting up. The root delay defaults to 60.


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