Bug 54273 - ppa driver (zip100 parallel port) crashes SMP kernel
Summary: ppa driver (zip100 parallel port) crashes SMP kernel
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel   
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Version: 6.2
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Reported: 2001-10-02 19:52 UTC by adi
Modified: 2008-08-01 16:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-30 15:39:11 UTC
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Description adi 2001-10-02 19:52:44 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Installing the kernel module 'ppa' on an SMP kernel locks the system
completely. (driver file /lib/modules/2.2.19-6.2.7smp/scsi/ppa.o)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot an SMP kernel (I tried with all the 6.2 smp kernels: 2.2.19-6.2.7,
2.2.19-6.2.1, 2.2.17-14, 2.2.16-3)
2. 'insmod ppa' or 'modprobe ppa'
3. watch your system lock up


Actual Results:  System locked and no keyboard or network activity was
accepted.  In other words, the machine transformed itself into an expensive
power consuming paperweight.

Expected Results:  Detect parallel port zip drive and continue operating
normally.  Works fine with non-SMP 6.2 kernels.

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Hardware:

 - Supermicro P6DBE motherboard
 - dual Pentium III 550Mhz (Katmai) processors, 512K cache each
 - 256M memory
 - standard iomega zip100 parallel port drive
Comment 1 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:11 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

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