[RFC/RFT] ssb: Avoid system hang when SPROM read fails

[John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:04:33PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 04/26/2010 12:15 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> > 
> > Well, the "good" news is that I hit the "Unable to read SPROM" case.
> > The bad news is that the box still hangs after the -ENODEV.  I have
> > not yet tracked-down the exact location of the current hang.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > P.S.  Sorry about the 'radio silence' -- I've been distracted with
> > some other things.  Also, the box in question originally belonged
> > to someone else who had configured it in a way that was less than
> > friendly to kernel development.  I finally reinstalled it...
> 
> That box is certainly resistant!
> 
> I certainly understand your distractions. That has to be a major
> understatement.
> 
> As the patch makes some improvement in both your system and the one in
> Bug #15825, I'll push it as a real patch.
> 
> Would your box be available to me as a loaner? I have considered buying
> a netbook for debugging purposes, but I cannot quite justify the cost.
> In addition, Murphy's law would make whatever one I bought work without
> any problems.

I think that can be arranged...

John
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