Re: Oops redux (2.2.14)

[Andre Hedrick]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> A few days ago I posted a dual Oops to the list from kernel
> 2.2.14.  The Oops occured while simultaneously blanking a CDRW
> disk on an ATAPI HP7200i drive using ide-scsi, and at the same
> time trying to mount an ATAPI cd reader on the same
> bus/channel/cable/whatever.  This is a repeatable Oops problem,
> and I have not received any reply back acknowledging that anyone
> even received the message.

Overlap may have failed, but you never do same channel operations with a
CDR/CDRW.

> Now, I am posting a second time because I want at least a "yeah,
> the message was received, go to hell" reply at a bare
> minimum.  I'd prefer a "yes, got the message, am really busy,
> please hold on and I'll look into it later".  Or even better.

I need to get a CD-RW because my DVD-RAM-ATAPI is not fully supported.
To do that test with my DVD-ROM on the same channel.

> I initially should have posted to direct maintainers of
> subsystems involved I suppose, but it never clicked in.  So I'm
> posting this message to all possible relevant people in hopes
> that someone will have a chance to look into it, or at least
> acknowledge they are the one to talk to.
> 
> My initial message I believe only went to lk and alan, and
> probably got killed in Alan's email filter, so hopefully I'll get
> further this time.  I'd like to be able to use the CD reader
> simultaneously while erasing a RW disk on the writer on the same
> IDE channel if possible.  If not possible, I would at least like
> to see a "ERRNOWAY:  you can't do that" printed to the console
> instead of a kernel Oops.
> 
> So...  Please, let me know how I should proceed here.  I can
> re-send the symbolic Oops report again if necessary, along with
> any other relevant details.  I am using kernel 2.2.16 right now,
> and will try to reproduce the problem in it as well.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time in responding, and sorry for not
> hunting through MAINTAINERS in the first place (my error).
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
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Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy