Re: linux kernel panic when ejecting ieee1394 ipod

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Andrew de Quincey wrote to linux1394-devel:
> Reposting to the -devel list since there was no response on -user.

I would have responded eventually... :-)

> Hi, I'm using linux kernel 2.6.14 with an generation 1 ipod connected via 
> ieee1394/sbp2.
> 
> I can mount/unmount it and use it fine. It even works with HAL now.
> 
> The problem comes when I want to remove it. If I do:
> 
> eject /dev/sdb
> 
> The kernel panics with the following error:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: PCI-DMA: high address but no IOMMU

I think there was another report about "eject" of a FireWire iPod 
crashing the kernel but I cannot find it in any archive anymore and do 
not remember which kernel version and machine architecture was affected.

The eject command does work for me with a few different SBP-2 devices, 
but I do not have an iPod. But more importantly, I have currently only 
i386 with 512 MB RAM to test. The "high address but no IOMMU" panic 
message is specific to x86_64.

I had only a superficial look at it so far and did not spot anything 
obvious. (That's because I do not know anything about Linux' memory 
management.) My only idea at the moment is to Cc this to linux-scsi 
since sd_mod does work for you but the one thing you do via the sg 
driver does not.

> I'm using an nforce 4 motherboard (Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe). The ipod is attached 
> to the ieee1394 port on a creative labs Audigy2 sound card (uses OHCI-1394).
> 
> I do _not_ have "Enable Phys DMA support for SBP2 (Debug)" enabled if thats 
> any help.

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