On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 09:42 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:25:09PM +0530, Shyam_Iyer@Dell.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > We have observed that doing a reset on idrac on low-end server like R|T210 R|T310 triggers > > the panic whereas the high end servers do not deadlock on an iDRAC reset so we know that > > this timing dependent. > > Ah thanks that matches our observations. > > > > Ben - I had attached the patch to the earlier thread. Let me know if you need any > > additional work from me on this. > > We've now applied that patch to the latest Debian Squeeze Kernel release and indeed > fixes the 'racreset' issue. > > Ben, is there a chance to get that one included in the Debian Kernel or even better > in a 2.6.32.x release upstream? Since we see the same issue with Ubuntu 10.04 I've > to open a bugreport with them aswell. I assume you mean this patch: <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=65;filename=0001-usb-Fix-deadlock-in-hid_reset-when-Dell-iDRAC.patch;att=1;bug=670398> so I'll apply that. It won't be accepted into a 2.6.32.y release unless someone can explain how it was fixed upstream (ideally, which commit(s) fixed it). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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