Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 03:29:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 03:29:50 -0400 Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com ([204.57.55.14]:33494 "EHLO babyruth.hotpop.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 03:29:48 -0400 From: Andreas Loong To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 09:30:30 +0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: YAM 2.3 [040] AmigaOS E-Mail Client (c) 1995-2000 by Marcel Beck http://www.yam.ch/ Subject: sparc32 2.4.19: cpu race with modprobe qlogicpti.o MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3142 Lines: 96 [1.] brief statement SPARC hangs when doing modprobe [2.] full description. when doing modprobe -a qlogicpti a cpu race condition occurs and the machine goes down to prom-level. unfortunately, none of the messages made it into any logfiles. this message is printed to the console: Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o will taint the kernel: no license [3.] keywords. qlogic cpu race modprobe [4.] full kernel version. Linux version 2.4.19 (root@calamari) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #5 SMP Wed Sep 25 14:16:58 CEST 2002 [7.1.] Gnu C 2.95.4 Gnu make 3.79.1 util-linux 2.11n mount 2.11n modutils 2.4.15 e2fsprogs 1.27 Linux C Library 2.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Modules Loaded openprom slip slhc sg autofs [7.2.] cpu : ROSS HyperSparc RT625 or RT626 fpu : ROSS HyperSparc combined IU/FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 2 prom : 2.25 type : sun4m ncpus probed : 4 ncpus active : 4 Cpu0Bogo : 99.73 Cpu1Bogo : 99.94 Cpu2Bogo : 99.94 Cpu3Bogo : 99.94 MMU type : ROSS HyperSparc contexts : 4096 nocache total : 1048576 nocache used : 398336 CPU0 : online CPU1 : online CPU2 : online CPU3 : online [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): slip 11764 0 (unused) slhc 4752 0 [slip] sg 30780 0 autofs 10772 0 (unused) [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) nothing at all [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) is there an equivalent command for sparc/sbus? [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST34371W SUN4.2G Rev: 7462 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39173W SUN9.0G Rev: 2815 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: XM-4101TASUNSLCD Rev: 1084 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: I've been trying to reproduce the problem, but I can't do it in the exact same way as the first time. However, if it does not go down while loading, a simple matter of unloading the module brings the machine down hard. I'm fairly new to linux, but if there's anything I can do to get you the info needed to fix the problem, I'll do it. All I need is a bit of guidance. Wbr Andreas Loong - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/