Re: crash unrelated to sym53c8xx

Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-02T20:00:36Z

OK, now I understand, thanks for explaining...
unfortunately I'm now unable to reproduce the crash including backtrace, machine always
hangs completely without any error reported :(
I've setup netconsole logging and I'll wait if it crashes and report something during normal
usage.
I'll report if it happens.
thanks for Your time.
have a nice day
nik

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 07:01:56AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:59:54PM +0200, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> > > There's a few reasons this warning hasn't been fixed yet:
> > >
> > > - It only appears on module unload. Most people don't unload sym53c8xx.
> > > - The problem that it's warning about is only a problem on ARM.
> > > There's not a huge userbase of ARM users with sym53c8xx cards.
> > > - Fixing it requires a fairly large rewrite of how sym2 manages its
> > > memory. I've done about half the work required, but I've basically
> > > run out of interest.
> > Hmm, maybe I don't understand what You mean by ARM, but it's i686 machine,
> > not arm (actually it's opteron, but running i686 OS).
> > but if it's reallu harmless, I don't have that big problem with it. only the crashes
> > really worry me :)
>
> The warning is there on x86 to warn us that we're doing something that
> will cause problems on ARM.
>
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