Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750778AbWC1P22 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:28:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750780AbWC1P22 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:28:28 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:16815 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750778AbWC1P22 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:28:28 -0500 Subject: Re: Detecting I/O error and Halting System From: Alan Cox To: zine el abidine Hamid Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060328150712.85169.qmail@web30602.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060328150712.85169.qmail@web30602.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:36:03 +0100 Message-Id: <1143560163.17522.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 899 Lines: 27 On Maw, 2006-03-28 at 17:07 +0200, zine el abidine Hamid wrote: > I don't think that it's a HDD problem nor a cable > problem because the servers are new. We have tried New. Thats another word for "untested" I believe 8) > How can I determine the problem? I would consult the hardware vendor > I want to add that the HDD seems to be disconnected > (the BIOS can't find any drive for boot) after a > simple reset. We must switch off the servers to get > them work again. Thats strongly indicating a hardware problem. > (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/) but how can I > shutdown Linux from inside a module...? See the softdog driver for an example. - 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/