From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikola Ciprich Subject: Re: crash unrelated to sym53c8xx Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:39:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20090402193927.GA7106@nik-comp.linuxbox.cz> 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> <20090402130156.GQ8014@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from gwu.lbox.cz ([62.245.111.132]:54134 "EHLO gwu.lbox.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753984AbZDBUAg (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:00:36 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090402130156.GQ8014@parisc-linux.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Linux SCSI list , nikola.ciprich@linuxbox.cz 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. > > -- > 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." > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- ------------------------------------- Nikola CIPRICH LinuxBox.cz, s.r.o. 28. rijna 168, 709 01 Ostrava tel.: +420 596 603 142 fax: +420 596 621 273 mobil: +420 777 093 799 www.linuxbox.cz mobil servis: +420 737 238 656 email servis: servis@linuxbox.cz -------------------------------------