From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264127AbTDOWTb (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:19:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264129AbTDOWTb (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:19:31 -0400 Received: from air-2.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:13758 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264127AbTDOWTa (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:19:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:29:32 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Patrick Mansfield Cc: rml@tech9.net, gert.vervoort@hccnet.nl, tconnors@astro.swin.edu.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.5.67: ppa driver & preempt == oops Message-Id: <20030415152932.23c830a9.rddunlap@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20030415150746.A32019@beaverton.ibm.com> References: <3E982AAC.3060606@hccnet.nl> <1050172083.2291.459.camel@localhost> <3E993C54.40805@hccnet.nl> <1050255133.733.6.camel@localhost> <3E99A1E4.30904@hccnet.nl> <20030415120000.A30422@beaverton.ibm.com> <1050442676.3664.162.camel@localhost> <20030415145155.49df44c7.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20030415150746.A32019@beaverton.ibm.com> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:07:46 -0700 Patrick Mansfield wrote: | On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:51:55PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: | | > I have such a device at home. I can try to test it (if the device | > still works). What needs to be tested? | | That would be nice. | | AFAIK just attach and mount it, and probably dd to/from it, and then post | your fix :) So I should test (and fix) 2.5.67-k.o and PREEMPT=y ?? Any other requirements? | I think any removable scsi (direct access, not cdrom) media might show a | problem (see recent "USB Mass Storage Device" thread from Jim Beam). | | > or maybe I can loan it to patmans for 1 day... | | I don't have a machine (that I know will boot current 2.5) with a parallel | port. IBM made some like that. :) Maybe you'll have to walk across the street tomorrow. | I/we should get some removable media attached to one of our scsi systems | we have here (maybe usb storage). Yes, you should. I have Zip SCSI, Zip Plus, Zip USB, USB hard drive, and USB/IEEE1394 hard drive. -- ~Randy