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Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Achim_Leubner@adaptec.com,
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Subject: Re: file system deadlock - the whole story?
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, User Freebsd wrote:

> 'k, first question is with the core file provide any insight into this? ie. 
> provide further confirmation that it looks like the driver vs file system?

Quite possibly, yes.

> second question, who is currently maintaining the iir driver?  I've CC'd 
> Achim in this, as he's listed in the man page as being the maintainer ...

The last big change I see in there was from Scott Long in March, 2006, so 
quite recently.  I'd give Scott a ping and ask him if he'd be interested in 
helping determine whether the source of a file system wedge might be an iir 
driver bug of some sort.

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge