From: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.[46] Fix double reset in aic7xxx driver
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:35:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040712233527.GA5570@werewolf.able.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040712192059.GA7660@tsunami.ccur.com> (from joe.korty@ccur.com on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 21:20:59 +0200)
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On 2004.07.12, Joe Korty wrote:
> Fix occasional PCI bus parity errors on the Dell PowerEdge 4600 during
> boot.
>
> Symptoms: The LCD display would turn orange and display "PCI SYSTEM
> E13F5", and the following message would appear in /var/log/dmesg:
> "Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying to continue".
>
> By inserting a PCI card with a PDC20268 IDE controller and attaching to
> that a Sony DRU-510A DVD RW burner with an unloaded tray, the failure
> can be made to happen on every boot.
>
> Cause: The aic7xxx driver was resetting the onboard AIC7891 SCSI controller
> while waiting for a previous reset to complete. This second reset confuses
> the controller causing it to put bad data onto the PCI bus.
>
> This is a backport of a RedHat 2.4.21-15.ELsmp fix. A letter discussing
> this problem, or one very close to it, may be found at:
>
> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-May/025010.html
>
> Against 2.6.7 and 2.4.26.
>
This fixes are included in current driver in Justin Gibbs' site.
Will this driver ever be updated on mainline or is it a religious issue ?
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2004-07-12 19:20 [PATCH] 2.[46] Fix double reset in aic7xxx driver Joe Korty
2004-07-12 23:35 ` J.A. Magallon [this message]
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