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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Nikola Ciprich <extmaillist@linuxbox.cz>
Cc: Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>, nikola.ciprich@linuxbox.cz
Subject: Re: crash unrelated to sym53c8xx
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:01:56 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090402130156.GQ8014@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090402125954.GD9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz>

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.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-02 13:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-02  7:54 sym53c8xx: WARNING on module unload, crashes on further usage Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-02 11:23 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-04-02 12:26   ` Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-02 12:28     ` Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-02 12:49       ` crash unrelated to sym53c8xx Matthew Wilcox
2009-04-02 12:59         ` Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-02 13:01           ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2009-04-02 19:39             ` Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-08  8:30               ` Nikola Ciprich
2009-04-08  8:42                 ` FUJITA Tomonori

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