> > #2 the Cardbus Sil3512 controller somehow got stuck asserting an > > interrupt that wasn't cleared. > > What could be the reason for that one? Could it be that the PCMCIA card > had to many plug / unplug cycles. Contacts look fine tough. I have no idea. > > > Needs the Sil3512 person to look at it. Even with flaky cabling it > > should have either recovered cleanly or dropped the device. > > Yes, thats my main concern. Why did it stuck the machine for so long? It needs someone with 3512 hardware/knowledge to work on it. > Ok, if I can help with some test I try my best to take to time for it. I > will wait for further instructions / questions. Dump the IRQ counter (cat /proc/interrupts) somewhere before each rsync and if it locks up again then when you remove the card take a second copy. If its a stuck IRQ then the one IRQ will show up stupendously large numbers. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
