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chilebiker

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From: Zurich, Switzerland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 161

Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

I get this in my kernel log. I've searched a bit and found one entry in the kernel mailing list stating that this warning seems to be harmless. Is this still the case, and is there a solution?

kernel: ata2.00: ATAPI: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1P, KL0A, max UDMA/66
kernel: ata2.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable
kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD800BB-22JH 05.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            LITE-ON  DVDRW LH-20A1P   KL0A PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
kernel: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
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kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

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jamesbannon

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From: Paisley, Scotland

Registered: 2008-10-24

Posts: 50

Re: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

It's harmless. I guess the devs will get around to updating the driver soon enough.

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

It's a warning from one kernel developer intended to be read by another kernel developer. You're not the intended audience.

B15HOP

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Re: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

May not be the intended audience but for some dumb reason, it might be why my computer keeps swapping sda with sdb and vice versa... I end up with the "FILESYSTEM CHECK FAILED" error on boot up of arch linux. To fix my problem I enter in root password, mount the boot disk as rw, and then edit /etc/fstab to swap /dev/sda and /dev/sdb around ... Save and restart and walla problem solved. Until next boot. Then the problem comes all over again swapping sda with sdb. It's not a real issue as I will have to take out the pata drive anyway....

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Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

This is the solution if your device nodes keep changing. The error you mention has nothing to do with it.

Last edited by Ramses de Norre (2009-09-24 14:38:11)

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Re: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type method

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