From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264238AbUGLXff (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:35:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264251AbUGLXff (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:35:35 -0400 Received: from smtp07.auna.com ([62.81.186.17]:26061 "EHLO smtp07.retemail.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264238AbUGLXfa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:35:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:35:27 +0200 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.[46] Fix double reset in aic7xxx driver Message-ID: <20040712233527.GA5570@werewolf.able.es> References: <20040712192059.GA7660@tsunami.ccur.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040712192059.GA7660@tsunami.ccur.com> (from joe.korty@ccur.com on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 21:20:59 +0200) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.0.18 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.07.12, Joe Korty wrote: > Fix occasional PCI bus parity errors on the Dell PowerEdge 4600 during > boot. >=20 > Symptoms: The LCD display would turn orange and display "PCI SYSTEM > E13F5", and the following message would appear in /var/log/dmesg: > "Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying to continue". >=20 > By inserting a PCI card with a PDC20268 IDE controller and attaching to > that a Sony DRU-510A DVD RW burner with an unloaded tray, the failure > can be made to happen on every boot. >=20 > Cause: The aic7xxx driver was resetting the onboard AIC7891 SCSI controll= er > while waiting for a previous reset to complete. This second reset confus= es > the controller causing it to put bad data onto the PCI bus. >=20 > This is a backport of a RedHat 2.4.21-15.ELsmp fix. A letter discussing > this problem, or one very close to it, may be found at: >=20 > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-May/025010.html >=20 > Against 2.6.7 and 2.4.26. >=20 This fixes are included in current driver in Justin Gibbs' site. Will this driver ever be updated on mainline or is it a religious issue ? -- J.A. Magallon \ Software is like se= x: werewolf!able!es \ It's better when it's fr= ee Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.6.7-jam12 (gcc 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Cooker) 3.4.1-1mdk)) #1 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBA8yA/RlIHNEGnKMMRArtSAJ9cEq+T1coxJQEw75vlZNSoDTrHPgCfcoXw XHA7sIQNWsy2ByaMnD17Mdo= =0ZJg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--