Re: Starfire (Adaptec) kernel 2.6.13+ panics on AMD64 NFS server

[Andrew Morton]

Hendrik Visage <hvjunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Traced a panicing kernel to what appears the starfire changes for
>  2.6.13 up to 2.6.14_rc2
> 
>  During a relative heavy NFS read (client a 32bit 2.6.13.1 P2-350) with
>  rsync (ripped CD archive) I get kernel panics (Aieee interupt handler
>  lost or something... okay also need
>  a way to capture those errors as it's a hard panic and needs a reset button :()

A serial console is useful.  Often people will take a digital photo of the
screen, which works OK.  But we do need that info somehow, please.

>  I've isolated the problem going from 2.6.12.5/2.6.12-gentoo-r10 (both
>  working) to
>  2.6.13/2.6.13-gentoo/2.6.14_rc2 while the NFS is served through the
>  Adaptec/starfire,
>  and further more the onboard forceth(nvidia) is serving the data
>  without hassles (at least
>  on 2.6.14_rc2)

The starfire changes in 2.6.12->2.6.13 look fairly innocuous.  Need that
trace, please.
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