From: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] siimage: DRAC4 note
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:52:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070221155243.28a7ab5c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702201948.25730.bzolnier@gmail.com>
Revised DRAC4 warning as Jeff suggested, this one includes more info
about why the problem occurs
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c 2007-02-20 13:38:01.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c 2007-02-21 14:30:08.187487864 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
* If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
* see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
* if neccessary
+ *
+ * The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
+ * unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
+ * This often causes drivers/ide/siimage to panic but is ok with the rather
+ * smarter code in libata.
*/
#include <linux/types.h>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-21 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-20 17:56 Alan
2007-02-20 16:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-02-20 18:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-02-21 1:08 ` Alan
2007-02-21 15:52 ` Alan [this message]
2007-02-23 20:11 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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