From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:42:11 -0600 > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:25:13PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> > > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:59:18 -0600 > > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 06:06:03PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote: > > > > I tried to use Qlogic wide SE SCSI SBus controllers. First tied one in > > > > Sparcstation 5 (sparc32) with etch and sarge installers, then tried > > > > another in E3500. Both tries on SS5 hung when loadin qlogicpti module. > > > > E3500 conf doesn't autoload SBus drivers and the card was properly > > > > inserted only after installation, so I tried to modprobe qlogicpti after > > > > booting up. This also results in a hang but outputs that much on console > > > > before hanging. Maybe the error handling spinlock lockup gives a clue to > > > > someone... > > > > > > What kernel version is this trace from? > > > > FWIW, I personally haven't tested this driver in a long time, did > > anyone give it at least a simple test when you made those > > ->slave_configure changes to this driver? > > Not that I know of, but I do have an incriminating email from you where > you promise to pick up the pieces if anything explodes ;-) And here I am :-) > There've also been commits from Jens, Boaz and Tomo that could plausibly > be related (I think we can discount the one from Adrian). Meelis, can > you run through the various patches to qlogicpti, backing them out one > at a time? I worry that some infrastructure may have been taken away by > followups to these patches, so it may not be feasible. I know, I looked at those too. Backing many of them out is infeasible, especially the scatterlist ones. I'm about to stick a qlogicpti card into my ultra2 and try to reproduce this. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
