Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:28:35 +0100 (CET) | From | <> | Subject | Re: PDC20276 Linux driver |
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> FWIW, we seem to have a not-unsimilar problem. > > Board is a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP which has an on-board Promise 20276. > Processes get stuck in D after a couple of days, Sorry for my english, what does couple means? :)
> and kernel log shows > an invalid NULL deference in find_inode() in fs/inode.c, when it does > > inode->i_ino > > dereference. > > It does not check for whether inode is NULL or not. > > I realize that appears to be valid, because it appears to me that inode > should never be NULL when it is retrieved from list_entry().
Do u say this because u read list_entry() code, or why?
> > I have the ksymoops oops file available, I would be more than happy to > post that up if anyone wants to take a look.
I would like to help you :) but I have not idea how can I do :( I would like to debug the kernel but I don't know how to do, can u tell me a good documentation can I read? Please, please, please.
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