Re: [Linux-usb-users] Possible bug in usb storage (2.6.11 kernel)

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Ramsay
On 9/8/05, Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/8/05, Matthew Dharm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:14:36AM -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: > > > I think I have found a possible bug: > > > [...] > > > I suppose the scsi c

Re: [Linux-usb-users] Possible bug in usb storage (2.6.11 kernel)

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Ramsay
On 9/8/05, Matthew Dharm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:14:36AM -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: > > I think I have found a possible bug: > > [...] > > I suppose the scsi code could be changed to guarantee that > > srb->request_buffer is pag

Possible bug in usb storage (2.6.11 kernel)

2005-09-08 Thread Jim Ramsay
he scsi code could be changed to guarantee that srb->request_buffer is page-aligned or cache-aligned, but that seems like the wrong solution for this bug. Questions? Comments? Is this the right way to fix it? -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" - To unsubscr

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2

2005-09-06 Thread Jim Ramsay
e seen the occasion where a single IRQ is used to signal both a DMA completion AND a hotplug event. Of course in this case the hotplug event itself would be ignored completely. So I would recommend getting rid of that check entirely. -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!&qu

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2

2005-08-24 Thread Jim Ramsay
On 8/24/05, Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/05, Lukasz Kosewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/24/05, Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Timers appear to operate in an atomic context, so timers should not be > >

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2

2005-08-24 Thread Jim Ramsay
r That's easy. I'll add it in my 'patch 4/3' > - bunch of code cleanups Haven't touched this, looks pretty clean to me > - proper error handling This may be something I'll have to stick my fingers in as I do more testing > - actually making the patches wor

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2

2005-08-23 Thread Jim Ramsay
On 8/23/05, Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I must have found an undocumented feature! I've applied this set > of patches to a 2.6.11 kernel (with few problems) and ran into a bunch > of "scheduling while atomic" errors when hotplugging a drive, culprit

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2

2005-08-23 Thread Jim Ramsay
ueue for hotplug requests to get them out of the atomic interrupt handler context where they originate? -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Atyfb questions and issues

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Ramsay
the issue that the new 2.6 xlinit code assumes that you have a bios that will do *something* to your chip before handing control over to the kernel, which is not always the case. If you have a fix that is more correct, I'd be happy to test it for you! -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English?

Re: Atyfb questions and issues

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Ramsay
, the chip has not been initialized, otherwise I initialize it. -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vge

Re: Atyfb questions and issues

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Ramsay
hat in the 2.6 kernel. So I copied the relevant 2.4 bits for non-i386 archs, and replaced the call to 'var_to_pll' with the "new" stuff. This seems to work for me. Enjoy! -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" /* * ATI Rage XL Initialization

Re: Atyfb questions and issues

2005-08-15 Thread Jim Ramsay
eady execute the ati option rom via x86 emulator... Maybe his mips FW does this, but mine doesn't. Any tips on how I can do this in software? -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Atyfb questions and issues

2005-08-12 Thread Jim Ramsay
er 255, ReferenceDivider 255, PostDivider 3(0) < Other times it will hang here > And that's all I get. I'm assuming that most of my issues are due to the "Unsupported xclk source" message. Any ideas what I can do about this, or where I can go to learn more about how to