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SubjectRe: [PATCH] EISA aic7770 broken
>>>>>> "Justin" == Justin T Gibbs <gibbs@scsiguy.com> writes:
>
> Justin> Define crashes badly. Driver messages or kernel panic strings
> Justin> typically help.
>
> Here it is :
>
> <quote>
> [...]
> (scsi1:A:5): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:464 Rev: 1.05
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> scsi2 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.28
> <Adaptec 274X SCSI adapter>
> aic7770: Twin Channel, A SCSI Id=7, B SCSI Id=7, primary A, 4/253 SCBs
>
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> printing eip:
> c01f8cec
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0002
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0060:[<c01f8cec>] Not tainted
> EFLAGS: 00010046
> EIP is at ahc_runq_tasklet+0x54/0x140

This is so close to the beginning of the function, that it only makes
sense that "ahc" is NULL. Can you instrument both ahc_runq_tasklet()
and ahc_platform_alloc() to see if it is indeed the case that "ahc"
is NULL, and to verify that "ahc" was valid when we registered the
tasklet?

--
Justin

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