Re: moxa serial driver testing

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Dec 25 2006 - 13:43:12 EST


Sergei Organov wrote:
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> osv@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Hi Jiri,
>>>
>>> I've figured out that both old and new mxser drivers have two similar
>>> problems:
>>>
>>> 1. When there are data coming to a port, sometimes opening of the port
>>> entirely locks the box. This is quite reproducible. Any idea what's
>>> wrong and how can I help to debug it?
>> Could you test the patch below, if something changes?
>
> Something did change. Now it becomes rather difficult to get the box to
> hang, though not impossible. Another thing that changed is that now I
> can see [parts of] oopses on screen. I've got two pictures of the screen

Positive.

> with different oopses. If you need them, let me know and I'll send them
> to you in a separate mail not to pollute lkml with JPEGs.

These are those you've posted in another post?

> As for the problem with module unloading when port is open, your another
> patch does fix it indeed.

at least some good news, thanks,
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http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/ Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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