From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:11:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:10:53 -0400 Received: from noose.gt.owl.de ([62.52.19.4]:4619 "HELO noose.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:10:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:10:49 +0200 From: Florian Lohoff To: ext3-users@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Oops in iput Message-ID: <20010626161049.C1425@paradigm.rfc822.org> In-Reply-To: <20010625201612.A701@paradigm.rfc822.org> <20010625194213.J18856@redhat.com> <20010626110933.R1503@niksula.cs.hut.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <20010626110933.R1503@niksula.cs.hut.fi>; from vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:09:33AM +0300 Organization: rfc822 - pure communication Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:09:33AM +0300, Ville Herva wrote: > Well, I for one use the 2.2 ide patches extensively (on almost all of my > machines, including a heavy-duty backup server), and haven't seen any > problems whatsoever. I see _much_ more problems with scsi (aic7xxx), for > example. I have been using the udma ide patches for a long time and as long as you stay away from known buggy drives controllers you are fine. BTW: The machine i reported the bug for is mostly running on SCSI - Only /var/tmp is an large IDE drive. > I don't mean to say the ide patches are 100% bug free, but I wouldn't > consider them as the prime suspect for an oops that happened elsewhere > either. It could be hw or any other part of kernel just as well... What > about memtest86? I'll try Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?