From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932335AbWFNLIG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:08:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932350AbWFNLIG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:08:06 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:6568 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932335AbWFNLIE (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:08:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:07:15 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Karel Kulhavy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PC card RS-232 freezes the computer Message-ID: <20060614110715.GF28536@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060612130841.GA16993@kestrel.barix.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060612130841.GA16993@kestrel.barix.local> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Po 12-06-06 15:08:41, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > Hello > > When I insert "2 port RS-232" PC card/PCMCIA/carbus/whatever card > (86x53x6mm with a golden strip with 8 nipples and 2x34 connector) into my > Dell Inspiron 510m notebook with 2.6.16.19, the computer freezes and > continues working when I remove it. > > The card label says "2 port RS-232 SUNIX Plug Into A Brand-new World > S/N: CB 0077996 Made in Taiwan" > > XMMS before freezing plays last 300ms 3 times again. > > dmesg shows > pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 > pccard: card ejected from slot 0 > MCE: The hardware reports a non fatal, correctable incident occurred on > CPU 0. > Bank 0: b200004000000800 > > Is the kernel intended to behave this way? If yes, is there a way how > to configure up the kernel so the computer doesn't freeze and the card > can be examined with lspci? MCE means hardware problem. Perhaps kernel could do something to prevent it, but... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html