Ok, tested it with the upstream kernel and this message still appears - along with other additional diagnostic code that is not displayed with the release kernels.
I suspect that I only see these before the Plymouth screen appears because I use the BURG bootloader on my 10.04 system to boot 12.04, when I use the standard 12.04 Grub bootloader it masks any kernel messages with a mono-colour screen before continuing. It just looks like someone has forgotten to comment out this bit of diagnostic code in the kernel package, or it is not placed correctly in the diagnostic code segments that are not compiled in the production kernels. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941271 Title: Unnecessary HDIO_GET_IDENTITY message on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/941271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
