linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2]: PCI Error Recovery: Symbios SCSI First Failure

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Message-ID: <20070509202621.GA4452@austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 15:26:21 -0500
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	matthew@....cx
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2]: PCI Error Recovery: Symbios SCSI First Failure

Hi Matthew,

I had been hoping these patches might make it into 2.6.22,
... this is a nag note; please forward upstream.

--linas

On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:47:20PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> 
> Implement the so-called "first failure data capture" (FFDC) for the
> symbios PCI error recovery.  After a PCI error event is reported,
> the driver requests that MMIO be enabled. Once enabled, it 
> then reads and dumps assorted status registers, and concludes
> by requesting the usual reset sequence.
> 
> (includes a whitespace fix for bad indentation).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
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