linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aacraid: fix shutdown handler to also disable interrupts.

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Message-ID: <86802c440705301036q45e4bed4ra08a5c4394eafa0e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2007 10:36:35 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com>
Cc:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, vgoyal@...ibm.com,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aacraid: fix shutdown handler to also disable interrupts.

On 5/30/07, Salyzyn, Mark <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com> wrote:
> Moves quiesce, thread and interrupt shutdown into aacraid drivers'
> .shutdown handler. This fix to the aac_shutdown handler will remove the
> superfluous reset of the adapter during a (clean) kexec.
>
> This fix may mitigate the active investigation 'kexec and aacraid
> broken' but it is unlikely to affect the root cause (issue likely
> present in both kexec and kdump). This patch reduces the chance the
> problem will occur with a kexec. The fix for root cause is currently
> expected to be the minimum value check to the aacraid.startup_timeout
> driver variable after an adapter reset within aacraid_commit_reset.patch
> submitted on 05/22/2007 and awaiting testing by Yinghai to confirm.
>
> This attached patch is against current scsi-misc-2.6
>
> ObligatoryDisclaimer: Please accept my condolences regarding Outlook's
> handling of patch attachments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <aacraid@...ptec.com>
>
> Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn
>
the kernel with this patch -4  and even without

1. [SCSI] aacraid: superfluous adapter reset for IBM 8 series
ServeRAID controllers
2. [SCSI] aacraid: kexec fix (reset interrupt handler)
3. aacraid_commit_reset.patch

can load other kernel with or without patch 1,2,3

YH
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