From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
To: mzyngier@freesurf.fr
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EISA aic7770 broken
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 14:15:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <301080000.1047244547@aslan.scsiguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wrp1y1gcv96.fsf@hina.wild-wind.fr.eu.org>
> Justin> Take a look in kernel/resource.c. request_region returns
> Justin> *non-zero* if the region is already in use. The driver
> Justin> doesn't want to try and probe a region that is in use by
> Justin> another device. Your patch is incorrect.
>
> request_region returns a pointer to the newly allocated resource when
> it succeds, and NULL when it failed. It's the opposite logic
> check_region uses.
Sorry. I missread the comment in kernel/resource.c.
>
>>> But the driver crashes badly while probing the card, somewhere in
>>> ahc_runq_tasklet.
>>>
>>> Any idea ?
>
> Justin> Not without more information.
>
> Ok, what can I do ?
Define crashes badly. Driver messages or kernel panic strings typically
help.
--
Justin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-09 21:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-09 16:43 Marc Zyngier
2003-03-09 17:08 ` Justin T. Gibbs
2003-03-09 17:20 ` Marc Zyngier
2003-03-09 21:15 ` Justin T. Gibbs [this message]
2003-03-10 7:53 ` Marc Zyngier
2003-03-10 15:39 ` Justin T. Gibbs
2003-03-10 21:43 ` Marc Zyngier
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