From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: crash unrelated to sym53c8xx Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:01:56 -0600 Message-ID: <20090402130156.GQ8014@parisc-linux.org> References: <20090402075404.GA9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz> <20090402112338.GO8014@parisc-linux.org> <20090402122610.GB9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz> <20090402122808.GC9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz> <20090402124924.GP8014@parisc-linux.org> <20090402125954.GD9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:49303 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750732AbZDBNB6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:01:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090402125954.GD9784@develbox.linuxbox.cz> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Nikola Ciprich Cc: Linux SCSI list , nikola.ciprich@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."