Re: Repeatable IDE Oops for 2.6.11 (ide-scsi vs ide-cdrom)

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:27:54 -0500, Paul <set@pobox.com> wrote:
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, on Fri Mar 18, 2005 [05:34:06 PM] said:
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:55:08 -0500, Paul <set@pobox.com> wrote:
> > >         Hi;
> > >
> > >         Here is what I did:
> > >
> > > # modprobe ide-scsi
> > > # cd /proc/ide/hdd      (this is a dvdrw drive)
> > > # cat driver
> > > > ide-cdrom version 4.61
> > > # echo ide-scsi > driver
> > > # cat driver
> > > > ide-scsi (something--- didnt note exactly, except it was ide-scsi)
> > > # echo ide-cdrom > driver
> > >
> > > The shell is killed and Oops.
> > >
> > > Machine flakey and half alive at this point. Reboot with Alt-sysrq.
> > > The same thing works with 2.6.10, without Oops.
> >
> > Please see http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/11/132
> 
>         Hi;
> 
>         What is the nature of the 'ide-dev-2.6 tree'? Are there broken
> out patches available I can test vs. 2.6.11 or -mm? How do the 'ide fixes'

it is BK tree which is pulled into -mm, no patches against vanilla kernels (yet)

> in -ac intersect with ide-dev? I am also curious if these patches could

locking 'ide fixes' in -ac are another approach to the same problem

> have any effect on the pktcdvd problems I have reported.[*]

This issue looks like pktcdvdv/udf specific thing so these patches won't help.

>         Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> Paul
> set@pobox.com
> 
> * http://lists.suse.com/archive/packet-writing/2005-Mar/0001.html
>