Request for Information Required for Linux Kernel Hard Lockup with PCMCIA SYM53C895a Card

Request for Information Required for Linux Kernel Hard Lockup with PCMCIA SYM53C895a Card

[John L. Males]

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Mathew,

I have a PCMCIA SYM53C895a based card that has been no end of
challenges for a few years.  It worked with one Debian kernel a
couple years ago, but only one and for the life of me I cannot
find the notes for what version.  I can advise you I did try to
find the Debian source code for that kernel version and it was
nowhere to be found as is sadly the case with Debian.  I even
tried going back one point release of that Debian version with
no success in finding a kernel that would work with the PCMCIA
SYM53C895a based card.  The general area that it was last known
that the PCMCIA SYM53C895a card worked was a network install
between 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 or 5.0.3 to 5.0.4 as best my memory can
recall.

What I like to know is is there any other information that will
be required besides the standing information in the kernel
source tarball on what information is required to submit a
Linux Kernel bug?

As an FYI I am currently running 3.4.24 which is the last
kernel version I used to see if the PCMCIA SYM53C895a bug was
resolved.


Regards,

John L. Males
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
28 December 2012 10:38


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2012-12-28 10:24:49.735853695-0500-EST

28 Dec 10:24:49 ntpdate[4757]: ntpdate 4.2.6p2@1.2194-o Sun Oct
17 13:35:14 UTC 2010 (1)

28 Dec 10:25:09 ntpdate[4762]: step time server 199.102.46.72
offset 0.154124 sec

Linux 3.4.24-kernel.org-jlm-010-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 23
10:06:41 EST 2012

Modified Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 (squeeze)
(Evaluating alternatives to Debian)

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