The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset. This often causes drivers/ide/siimage to panic but is ok with the rather smarter code in libata.
Just note this fact in the driver docs. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c --- linux.vanilla-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c 2007-02-20 13:38:01.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.20-mm2/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c 2007-02-20 13:59:44.000000000 +0000 @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ * If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please * see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS * if neccessary + * + * If you are using a Dell DRAC4 you should use the libata driver + * if possible. */ #include <linux/types.h> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
