[Gc-linux-devel] Re: Problems using the new exi framework with nbd swap

[Albert H. <alb...@gm...>]

Daniel Thompson <d.thompson <at> gmx.net> writes:
> I have a recently built 2.6.11 kernel built from the patches in
> http://www.gc-linux.org/down/isobel
[...]
> Unfortunately my kernel is panicing due to one of the BUGONs in the EXI
> framework (the one that prevents us selecting an already selected EXI
> channel). The death messages are as follows (I have had to guess the
> first character since it was off the side of my TV):
[...]
> Any clues, ideas or experiments they think I should perform?

Hi,

Try cvs code (exi-hw.c) or disable preemption.

IIRC, the patch you are using doesn't include a small fix for preemption enabled
kernels.

Cheers,
Albert