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

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Message-ID: <CADzpL0Tfng4=k4wnewi=N2tVQdi5-9PXBcrzCL0sAONF+fdmEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:17:58 -0500
From:	Stephen Cameron <stephenmcameron@...il.com>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
Cc:	james.bottomley@...senpartnership.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thenzl@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hpsa: 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 tolerate it, but a few 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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