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Due to a bug in some firmware versions, Store Data requests might not get an event response in certain situations. As a result, the boot process will be blocked indefinitely. Fix this by introducing timeout handling for Store Data requests. In case a timeout occurs, the Store Data operation is halted and no data is retrieved from the SCLP facility. Note: A minority of installed systems rely on Store Data result for device auto-configuration. These systems will fail to boot in case of a Store Data timeout and will need to be switched to manual device configuration as workaround. Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.