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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=362050208-15092009>IBAL uses pageable
memory to create PnP context.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=362050208-15092009>It can create
possible problems in power down flows at the time of system
contention.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=362050208-15092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=362050208-15092009>We saw some similar
case at a customer.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=362050208-15092009>There is no strong
evidence that that is what influenced, but with this patch IBAL will be more
safe and at no cost.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=362050208-15092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=362050208-15092009>Found by Hobin Lee
(Xsigo).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Index:
kernel/al_pnp.c<BR>===================================================================<BR>---
kernel/al_pnp.c (revision 2421)<BR>+++ kernel/al_pnp.c (working
copy)<BR>@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@<BR> CL_ASSERT( p_reg
);<BR> <BR> /* No context exists for this port. Create
one. */<BR>- p_context = (al_pnp_context_t*)cl_pzalloc(
sizeof(al_pnp_context_t) );<BR>+ p_context = (al_pnp_context_t*)cl_zalloc(
sizeof(al_pnp_context_t) );<BR> if( !p_context
)<BR> {<BR> AL_PRINT( TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR,
AL_DBG_ERROR,<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>