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  1. Bug #185862
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Comment 5 for bug 185862

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Herbert V. Riedel (hvr) wrote :

I'm eagerly awaiting for a new kernel to appear in the ubuntu ports including the aluded 'fix committed' that shows in the status of this bug... it makes the powerpc ubuntu port rather unusable if one doesn't happen to be able to replace the kernel...

btw, a non-module CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y wasn't necessary in ubuntu's 2.6.22...

I checked the kernel repository, seems the following patchset is to blame:

commit 6c28c1f59dce3325d373f44766e23eb4237a74c8
Author: Tony Breeds <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Sep 11 22:28:36 2007 +0200

    pmac: build fix

    Ensure that BLK_DEV_IDE is built-in before allowing BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC to
    be selected.

    Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <email address hidden>
    Cc: Bret Towe <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <email address hidden>