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authorAlan Cox <alan@redhat.com>2007-03-03 17:48:54 +0100
committerBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2007-03-03 17:48:54 +0100
commit8693d3e47b5cd95e1a513f90bc5e0467ce885e24 (patch)
treea0fe4f2f99f62d9b7d9bfdbf19cc90d12f87e402
parented8ccee0918ad063a4741c0656fda783e02df627 (diff)
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siimage: DRAC4 note
Revised DRAC4 warning as Jeff suggested, this one includes more info about why the problem occurs Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index 7b4c189a9d99..71eccdf5f817 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
* If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
* see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
* if neccessary
+ *
+ * The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
+ * unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
+ * This often causes drivers/ide/siimage to panic but is ok with the rather
+ * smarter code in libata.
*/
#include <linux/types.h>