From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: devzero@web.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fusion : shost max_id not set in VMWare guest os Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:58:39 +0200 Message-ID: <1969544227@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate04.web.de ([217.72.192.242]:50115 "EHLO fmmailgate04.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752618AbXIIW67 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:58:59 -0400 Received: from web.de by fmmailgate04.web.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 8001D30F2213 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:58:40 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi ,=20 there`s probably another bug in VMWare LSI emulated scsi controller, re= cent solaris builds crash the vmware process on boot (iirc, it was a re= gression introduced in snv_63). from what i`ve read so far it happens during scsi device initialization= from withing mpt driver, but unfortunately the mpt driver in solaris s= eems to be closed source. since there i found no more information within vmware community or with= in opensolaris community about details of this bug - maybe anybody here= knows what`s causing this crash and if it can perhaps be reproduced fr= om within linux ? i`m even unsure if some hacker could exploit this to break out of a vir= tual machine !? i`m running VMs in dmz setup..... regards roland >[PATCH 1/2] fusion : shost max_id not set in VMWare guest os > >In vmware guest os with emulated LSI 53c1030, the port facts config pa= ge is >not having MaxDevices initialized to 16 devices. Instead its set to ze= ro. >Thereforewhen driver loads, no devices are scanned for from scsi_scan_= host. >Prior to the3.04.04 driver, shost max_id was set to hard coded value \ >MPT_MAX_SCSI_DEVICES. After that release, support for greater than 255= targets was \ >added, and the driver was taking the target count from the port facts = instead. With \ >this patch we will restore the hard coded values for SPI, but at the s= ame time use \ >the settingsneeded for SAS and Fibre Channel. > >Signed-off-by: Eric Moore _______________________________________________________________________= ___ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsst=E4rkeren E-Mail-Postfa= ch! =09 Mehr Infos unter http://produkte.web.de/club/?mc=3D021131 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html