lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2013]   [Jul]   [30]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
SubjectRe: [PATCH] sky2: detect and prevent kernel panic from a possible faulty hardware
From
From: Samuel Williams <sam8641@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:35:54 -0500

> A possible faulty hardware might interrupt with a status of 0xffffffff which
> may kernel panic if sky2 driver tries to handle it. Detecting this problem
> may avoid kernel panic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Williams <sam8641@gmail.com>

Sure, but then the device is basically just going to stop.

I think this change needs to be more comprehensive, for example it
needs to fully reset the device and try to get it operational again.


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2013-07-31 01:41    [W:0.143 / U:0.860 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site