Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:51:55 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.5.67: ppa driver & preempt == oops |
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On 15 Apr 2003 17:37:56 -0400 Robert Love <rml@tech9.net> wrote:
| On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 15:00, Patrick Mansfield wrote: | | > We never hold the host_lock while calling the detect function (unlike the | > io_request_lock, see the bizzare 2.4 code), so acquiring it inside | > ppa_detect is very wrong. I don't know why your scsi scan did not hang. | | I do not have this device so I cannot test it, but your logic seems | correct. | | This is a much nicer fix for the preempt-related issues than others | proposed, too. | | Anyone out there who _can_ mount the device? Can you test this? It | ought to be merged if it works. We need to get device drivers in 2.5 up | to par..
I have such a device at home. I can try to test it (if the device still works). What needs to be tested?
or maybe I can loan it to patmans for 1 day...
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