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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: Sumit Pandya <sumit@elitecore.com>
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Subject: Re: Infinite do_IRQ
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On Wed, 19 November 2003 23:12:58 -0500, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Sumit Pandya wrote:
> 
> > Hi Zwane,
> >     I'm sorry to bother you again. Following is output from
> > http://kernelnewbies.org/scripts/check-stack.sh
> 
> I think it'd really be easier to back out those patches one by one until 
> your messages stop happening. Otherwise i'm not quite sure which one is 
> really affecting you.

Agreed.  Still, tiny comments on the below.

> > 410 cdrom_number_of_slots
> > 410 cdrom_select_disc
> > 410 cdrom_slot_status
> > 444 cdrom_ioctl

Why do you use the mess from drivers/cdrom?  Unless you have one of
those old cdroms attached to your soundcard, better get rid of them.

> > 47c ide_unregister
> > 490 inflate_fixed
> > 524 inflate_dynamic
> > 5a8 huft_build

Old known problems, no bug reports about the ever.  Should be safe.

> > 73c sanitize_e820_map

This one is new to me.  Does it exist in plain 2.4.22 as well?


Anyway, backing out patches is the way to go.


Jörn

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