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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:41:41 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        ahd@kew.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCI SIO devices hog interrupts, cause lock order problems
Message-ID:  <20040830.124141.44509158.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <012301c48e25$14924180$84cba8c0@hh.kew.com>
References:  <012301c48e25$14924180$84cba8c0@hh.kew.com>

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In message: <012301c48e25$14924180$84cba8c0@hh.kew.com>
            "Andrew H. Derbyshire" <ahd@kew.com> writes:
: Basically, any PCI SIO device hogs its interrupt if the PUC device is not
: also in the kernel, and this causes real problems for any environment like
: mine where pulling the modem is not trivial.  Does the distributed GENERIC
: kernel have room for the PUC device?  Are there side effects that PUC should
: be excluded from GENERIC?

puc should be in GENERIC, imho.

: As a bonus, there appears to be a bug with kernel locking exposed by the
: problem.  With the stock generic kernel, the XL device reports it couldn't
: map the interrupt, and then a lock order reversal is reported.  (See the
: attached log for the gory details).

This is a known problem.

Warner



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