Re: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: WARNING: (0x06:0x0037): Character ioctl (0x108)timed out, resetting card.

[Justin Piszcz]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, adam radford wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Could the lock/unlock be causing the issue?
> > > Again, in 2.6.34, there are no latency problems or controller resets.
> >
> > Justin,
> >
> > We are looking into this issue and should get back to you soon.
> >
> > The lock/unlock() kernel calls were not added by me but were part of a
> > series of 'BKL pushdown' patches added by someone to all drivers with
> > an ioctl interface.  If you think those might be related to your
> > issue, you could try
> > removing those 2 lines of code and recompiling.
> >
> > If you haven't already, please email you kernel .config files for both
> > the working kernel and non working kernel to the 3ware/LSI support
> > people you are in contact with.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Adam

I spoke too fast, it also happens with the 2.6.34 driver under 2.6.35.
I will have to research this more, until then I'll stick with 2.6.34.

Justin.

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