possible bug in pd6729

Wolfram Sang w.sang at pengutronix.de
Sat Sep 5 09:24:31 EDT 2009


Hi,

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 08:48:30PM +0900, Komuro wrote:
> >I do think I have a bug to report though. Starting at line 193, the code 
> >says this:
> > while (1) {
> >  loopcount++;
> >  if (loopcount > 20) {
> >   printk(KERN_ERR "pd6729: infinite eventloop "
> >          "in interrupt\n");
> >   break;
> >  }
> >
> >It appears to me that every time it gets to that code, it will print the 
> >"infinate event loop" message to the console. There's no way out of the loop 
> >except by exceeding the loopcount and printing the message. I have a laptop 

John, have a look at line 240, there is the regular loop exit.

> >with a pd6729 pcmcia controller and if I use the docking station, it prints 
> >that message to the console about once a second for as long as it's 
> >connected to the docking station.

That's probably a different issue then; as said 'dmesg' output is a good start.

Regards,

   Wolfram

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