Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2]: PCI Error Recovery: Symbios SCSI First Failure

From: [email-masked] (Linas Vepstas)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:26:21 -0500

Hi Matthew,

I had been hoping these patches might make it into 2.6.22,
... this is a nag note; please forward upstream.

--linas

On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:47:20PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> 
> Implement the so-called "first failure data capture" (FFDC) for the
> symbios PCI error recovery.  After a PCI error event is reported,
> the driver requests that MMIO be enabled. Once enabled, it 
> then reads and dumps assorted status registers, and concludes
> by requesting the usual reset sequence.
> 
> (includes a whitespace fix for bad indentation).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[email-masked]>