idebus=xx on a ISA only 486

Hi,
This may be harmless but I noticed a warning msg when I went to
2.4.3 on a ISA only 486 mobo.

Feb 18 18:01:41 speedy kernel: ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for

PIO modes; override with idebus=xx

My first thought was to drop idebus to 8Mhz (I think this is the ISA speed ?),
but using that

Feb 18 18:01:41 speedy kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=243
ro root=301 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3 idebus=8
Feb 18 18:01:41 speedy kernel: ide_setup: idebus=8 -- BAD BUS SPEED!

Expected value from 20 to 66

and then a quick grep/poke in the src gave this

./drivers/ide/ide.c
Version 5.50 allow values as small as 20 for idebus=

and at line 350 it seems that its pci or nothing for the bus speed.

the only deterministic problem (so far that I can directly attribute to that kernel) with the
2.4.3 booted kernel is that ssh2 locks up for random amounts of time at randomish intervals.

I can't seem to dig up other info on this problem, I am sorry if this is the wrong place
to ask. If there are better places to be looking for this data I am happy to RTFM there.

Now trying 2.4.3-ac6 to see what happens there.

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idebus= isn't used in case there is no VL-BUS or PCI bus in your system.

Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs