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Re: NetBSD 6.0/amd64 panic: ciss: dead (DL ProLiant 360P)



On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Michael van Elst 
<mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 01:12:29PM +0200, iMil wrote:
>>
>> >Mostly says that our driver doesn't talk "correctly" to the hardware.
>> >The panic in this place is of course pretty silly.
>> >
>> >       if (hb == sc->heartbeat)
>> >               panic("ciss: dead");    /* XX reset! */
>> >
>> >Linux just ignores the heartbeat counter. I'd replace the panic with
>> >a possibly ratechecked printf() and try if that works.
>>
>> It works. The controller is now seen and working, I'm not really familiar
>> with those drivers, is this check bypass safe? May I fill a PR with
>> this "fix"?
>
> Yes, please open a PR.

Already opened

kern/47037 [serious/high]: ciss(4) -- kernel panic


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