From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Wright Subject: Re: WARNING : kernel 2.6.11.7 (others) kills megaraid 4e/Si dead Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:58:09 -0700 Message-ID: <20050705155808.GI9153@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20050503151532.GA1316@thumper2> <20050503190005.GS23013@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <42CA9E93.1050802@mandriva.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42CA9E93.1050802@mandriva.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Thomas Backlund Cc: Chris Wright , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Andy List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org * Thomas Backlund (tmb@mandriva.org) wrote: > Chris Wright wrote: > >* Andy (genanr@emsphone.com) wrote: > > > >>cross posted due to the severity of this issue. > >> > >>I have killed two Dell 1850 (x86_64) with megaraid 4e/SI servers using > >>kernel 2.6.11.7. When the system boots, it looks like it does not see the > >>megaraid controller (because it never prints anything about it) and hangs > >>when it tries to mount root. When rebooted, the system says no firmware > >>present for embedded raid controller. I then try to flash it, the flash > >>program says the firmware is corrupt and flashes the controller. However, > >>upon reboot I still get the no firmware present, thus the machine can no > >>longer boot off the raid. > > > > > >Not good. There were no megaraid changes in the -stable series. What's > >the last kernel.org kernel that worked for you? > > Any news on this matter? > I hvr a PE1850 waiting for kernel upgrade, but I'm afraid to do so now... > > I can't break my box with tests since it's in active use... > For now I'm running a 2.6.8.1 based kernel on the box... Last known good one (that Andy tested) was 2.6.10. His was the only report I've seen, and I haven't found any more details on it.