lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Apr]   [13]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: netsc520 - skeleton in the closet ?
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:45 PM,  <devzero@web.de> wrote:
> i'm doing some module testing from time to time and i'm somewhat sure, that there is an issue with netsc520 module, as i have seen more than one occasion that after load/unloading of that module (w/o presence of the appropriate hw), other modules had issues.
>
> see http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120664963508105&w=2 for example.
>
> now,by chance i came across this one: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118274309325836&w=2
>
> >> > >> netsc520 is doing iounmap() of an area it did
> >> > >> ioremap_nocache() on earlier, because it has now failed to
> >> > >> find a device. Why it went BUG() I have no idea.
> >> > >>
> >> > >
> >> > > Hi, maybe some config option cause this issue, here is my current
> >> > > working-ok config file:
> >> >
> >> > What are the differences from the non-working config?
> >> >
> >> > J
> >> >
> >> The diffrences is net520c item.
> >>
> >sorry it is netsc520, I will post the patch after a while.
>
> so, it sounds there is a known issue with netsc520, but i'm not sure if it's the related and if that mentioned patch has been posted, at least i don't find it in git due to x86/64 unification.

Please see:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9585116ba09f1d8c52d0a1346e20bb9d443e9c02

>
> maybe someone has a clue.... ?
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen!
> http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066
>
>


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-04-14 03:37    [W:1.217 / U:0.016 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site