Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi bug fixes for 2.6.13

From: James Bottomley (James.Bottomley_at_SteelEye.com)
Date: 08/14/05

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    To: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:48:10 -0500

    On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 21:33 +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
    > Just to make sure everyone agrees on this - there's currently a know bug
    > in dc395x with highmem reported by Pierre Ossman in thread "Kernel panic
    > with dc395x in 2.6.12.2" on linux-scsi. It is also trivial to reproduce on
    > non-highmem machines. It was there also in 2.6.12. It only was hit by one
    > person because not many use dc395x controlled cards in highmem machines
    > today. The fix is known - at least revert my patch to dc395x commited to
    > 2.6.12-rc5. This will fix this bug, leaving another one, which is much
    > harder to hit. There was only one person who hit it, but he cannot test
    > any more patches - the hardware is not there any more. I think I have a
    > fix for that one too, but that's another story. So, I would say it would
    > be worth it reverting that patch before 2.6.13, but, that's because I feel
    > personal responsibility for that bug:-)

    OK, why don't we do this. Instead of having me trawl through the trees
    looking for the correct patch to reverse, why don't you attach it in an
    email and I'll try to get it in to 2.6.13?

    James

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