linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only register

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Message-ID: <CADzpL0R3Eh4LsdCute15GsYM5BcSxWoJ_haVAxmDkj8fBe3crw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:17:23 -0500
From:	Stephen Cameron <stephenmcameron@...il.com>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	thenzl@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only register

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Stephen M. Cameron
<scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com> wrote:
> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
>
> Most smartarrays will tolerate it, but some new ones don't.
> Without this change some newer Smart Arrays will lock up
> and i/o will grind to a halt.
>

Noticed this wasn't in Linus's git tree yet, so resent it.

-- steve
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