From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Backlund Subject: Re: WARNING : kernel 2.6.11.7 (others) kills megaraid 4e/Si dead Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 01:08:31 +0300 Message-ID: <427BEADF.9040606@mandriva.org> References: <20050503151532.GA1316@thumper2> <20050503190005.GS23013@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mbox1.netikka.net ([213.250.81.202]:13992 "EHLO mbox1.netikka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261303AbVEFWIa (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 18:08:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050503190005.GS23013@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Wright Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org 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 ?? I'm about to load linux on one PE1850 and two PE2850 with that controller, but now I'm afraid of doing so... -- Regards Thomas PS. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed...