linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang

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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:12:36 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm>
Cc:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang


Hi,

On Saturday 23 February 2008, Anders Eriksson wrote:
> 
> aeriksson@...tmail.fm said:
> >> But at this point libata is working much better than the old IDE stuff, and
> >> it really is worth moving things over if you can. 
> >
> > Ok, I'll take a stab at that tomorrow. Two things... 
> 
> Having switched to ata_piix i can confirm that smartd doesn't hand the system 
> anymore.
> 
> Still.. There seem to be a bug vs. the old drivers somewhere. Will that be 
> addressed, or should there be a big warning for the old stuff (DEPRECATED?)

Could you try bisecting it down to the guilty commit using git-bisect?

[ the "old" stuff got few hundred commits in 2.6.25 ]

Thanks,
Bart
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