The patch titled
siimage: DRAC4 note
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
siimage-drac4-note.patch
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Subject: siimage: DRAC4 note
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Revised DRAC4 warning as Jeff suggested, this one includes more info about
why the problem occurs
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c~siimage-drac4-note drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c~siimage-drac4-note
+++ a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
* If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
* see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
* if neccessary
+ *
+ * The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
+ * unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
+ * This often causes drivers/ide/siimage to panic but is ok with the rather
+ * smarter code in libata.
*/
#include <linux/types.h>
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
git-libata-all.patch
libata-warn-if-speed-limited-due-to-40-wire-cable-v2.patch
add-id_to_dma_mode-function-for-printing-dma-modes.patch
expose-set_mode-method-so-it-can-be-wrapped.patch
acpi-driver-support-for-pata.patch
libata-use-new-id_to_dma_mode-function-to-tidy-reporting.patch
pcmcia-spot-slave-decode-flaws-for-testing.patch
libata-fix-hopefully-all-the-remaining-problems-with.patch
adjust-legacy-ide-resource-setting-v2.patch
ide-remove-a-ton-of-pointless-undef-really_slow_io.patch
siimage-drac4-note.patch
net-remove-a-collection-of-unneeded-undef-really_slow_io.patch
resend-iphase-64bit-cleanup.patch
serial-serial_txx9-driver-update.patch
serial-serial_txx9-driver-update-fix.patch
drivers-scsi-ncr5380c-replacing-yield-with-a.patch
drivers-scsi-mca_53c9xc-save_flags-cli-removal.patch
x86_64-do-not-enable-the-nmi-watchdog-by-default.patch
driver_bfin_serial_core.patch
documentation-ask-driver-writers-to-provide-pm-support.patch
fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console.patch
tty-clarify-documentation-of-write.patch
edac-new-opteron-athlon64-memory-controller-driver.patch
edac-k8-driver-coding-tidy.patch
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