linux-kernel - [PATCH] siimage: DRAC4 note

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Message-ID: <20070221155243.28a7ab5c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:52:43 +0000
From:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] siimage: DRAC4 note

Revised DRAC4 warning as Jeff suggested, this one includes more info
about why the problem occurs

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c	2007-02-20 13:38:01.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c	2007-02-21 14:30:08.187487864 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
  *	If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
  *	see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
  *	if neccessary
+ *
+ *  The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
+ *  unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
+ *  This often causes drivers/ide/siimage to panic but is ok with the rather
+ *  smarter code in libata.
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
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