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    [PATCH] Fix double reset in aic7xxx driver · 90e59c8b
    Andrew Morton authored
    From: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
    
    Fix occasional PCI bus parity errors on the Dell PowerEdge 4600 during
    boot.
    
    Symptoms: The LCD display would turn orange and display "PCI SYSTEM E13F5",
    and the following message would appear in /var/log/dmesg: "Uhhuh.  NMI
    received.  Dazed and confused, but trying to continue".
    
    By inserting a PCI card with a PDC20268 IDE controller and attaching to
    that a Sony DRU-510A DVD RW burner with an unloaded tray, the failure can
    be made to happen on every boot.
    
    Cause: The aic7xxx driver was resetting the onboard AIC7891 SCSI controller
    while waiting for a previous reset to complete.  This second reset confuses
    the controller causing it to put bad data onto the PCI bus.
    
    This is a backport of a RedHat 2.4.21-15.ELsmp fix.  A letter discussing
    this problem, or one very close to it, may be found at:
    
       http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-May/025010.htmlSigned-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
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