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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:03:52 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
Cc:	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Linux kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.25.17

> If I remove one of the CPUs, there is no file-system corruption
> so I fear that there is some lock missing somewhere in the
> serial ATA driver code (ata_piix or sata_sil).

All the logic and locking is in the core code so would show up on all
sorts of boxes. You say you are using sata_sil - is this on an Nvidia
board ?

> If anybody has anything to test with my setup, I can readily
> test both with and without the two CPUs.

Can you duplicate this with the drives just on the ata_piix ?

Alan
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