From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759784AbZEHTjU (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 15:39:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755324AbZEHTi7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 15:38:59 -0400 Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com ([66.63.167.143]:36477 "EHLO bedivere.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754285AbZEHTi6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 15:38:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Adaptec driver crashes (1/3 and 2/3) From: James Bottomley To: Norman Diamond Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <8690A202112B4316A178F6DD0AD7E394@DIAMOND8600> References: <8690A202112B4316A178F6DD0AD7E394@DIAMOND8600> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 19:38:57 +0000 Message-Id: <1241811537.3327.91.camel@mulgrave.int.hansenpartnership.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 16:13 +0900, Norman Diamond wrote: > The easiest 100% reproducible way to crash a Linux system is as follows. > > Insert either an Adaptec 1460 PCMCIA card or Adaptec 1480 CardBus card. > Remove the card. Insert the card again. Even if you knew to set the > console to a text mode terminal first (since Linux doesn't give Blue Screens > of Death otherwise), you still won't get a dump. Not much to go on without > a dump, but at least it's 100% repro. Sounds like something's still pinned. When you remove it the first time, can you remove the module? (that's aha152x_cs right?). James