Resending patch file. I looked at the submission that showed on the list, and the original email, and a blank line dropped away at line 20 of the patch (!) Dunno, hope this comes through this second time. But if not, please add the blank line as referenced. Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Lebzelter [mailto:judith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 1:10 PM > To: Salyzyn, Mark > Cc: vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx; Judith Lebzelter; > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; fastboot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH] aacraid: [Fastboot] Panics for AACRAID > driver during 'insmod' for kexec test. > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:30:48AM -0400, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > > Thanks for the info. > > > > Attached is the patch I feel will address this issue. As an > added 'perk' I have also added the code to detect if the > controller was previously initialized for interrupted > operations by ANY operating system should the reset_devices > kernel parameter not be set and we are dealing with a naïve > kexec without the addition of this kernel parameter. The > reset handler is also improved. Related to reset operations, > but not pertinent specifically to this issue, I have also > altered the handling somewhat so that we reset the adapter if > we feel it is taking too long (three minutes) to start up. > > > > We have not unit tested the reset_devices flag propagation > to this driver code, nor have we unit tested the check for > the interrupted operations under the conditions of a naively > issued kexec. We are submitting this modified driver to our > Q/A department for integration testing in our current > programs. I would appreciate an ACK to this patch should it > resolve the issue described in this thread... > > > > Mark; > > I am getting an error applying this patch: > > -bash-3.1# patch -p1 < ../../aacraid_kexec.patch > patching file drivers/scsi/aacraid/rx.c > patch: **** malformed patch at line 36: @@ -526,6 +529,7 @@ > > Do you think you could regenerate it? > > Thanks; > Judith > > > ObligatoryDisclaimer: Please accept my condolences > regarding Outlook's handling of patches. > > > > This attached patch is against current scsi-misc-2.6 > > > > Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <aacraid@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vivek Goyal [mailto:vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:06 AM > > > To: Salyzyn, Mark > > > Cc: Judith Lebzelter; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; AACRAID; > > > fastboot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [Fastboot] Panics for AACRAID driver during > > > 'insmod' for kexec test. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:17:18AM -0400, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > > > > I have been working on a patch to the driver to do just > > > this, reset the > > > > adapter during init if necessary. We want to limit the > > > adapter's reset > > > > as it takes time (an additional 45 seconds or longer) for > > > the Firmware > > > > to cycle... I will bump the priority of the testing for > this patch. > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thanks for looking into this. You can make device reset > > > conditional. Now > > > one command line parameter "reset_devices" has been defined > > > for the kernel. > > > You can reset the device only if the user has passed > > > reset_devices command > > > line option otherwise you can continue to boot normaly. > > > > > > I have introduced this parameter to handle the concern > that in normal > > > BIOS boot total boot time will increase. > > > > > > kexec/kdump will pass this parameter to second kernel so that > > > device will > > > be reset during initialization and normal BIOS boot will > > > reamin unaffected. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Vivek > > > > > >
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