Re: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: WARNING: (0x06:0x0037): Character ioctl (0x108) timed out, resetting card.

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Justin Piszcz wrote:

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> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, adam radford wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> 
>> wrote:
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>>> Could the lock/unlock be causing the issue?
>>> Again, in 2.6.34, there are no latency problems or controller resets.
>> 
>> Justin,
>> 
>> We are looking into this issue and should get back to you soon.
>> 
>> The lock/unlock() kernel calls were not added by me but were part of a
>> series of 'BKL pushdown' patches added by someone to all drivers with
>> an ioctl interface.  If you think those might be related to your
>> issue, you could try
>> removing those 2 lines of code and recompiling.
>> 
>> If you haven't already, please email you kernel .config files for both
>> the working kernel and non working kernel to the 3ware/LSI support
>> people you are in contact with.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> -Adam
>> 
>

I spoke too fast, it also happens with the 2.6.34 driver under 2.6.35.
I will have to research this more, until then I'll stick with 2.6.34.

Justin.