From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Prager Subject: Re: [BUG] mpt2sas: driver init fails on kernel >=4.2 for 9211-8i IT Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:08:05 +0100 Message-ID: <56F3AE75.3030403@matthiasprager.de> References: <56EF049F.6050809@matthiasprager.de> <56EFBC55.9070209@matthiasprager.de> <56F018A0.7070307@matthiasprager.de> <56F021B9.9080305@matthiasprager.de> <56F1B2E5.1070605@matthiasprager.de> <56F34BB5.3090007@matthiasprager.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from dd15408.kasserver.com ([85.13.136.168]:50382 "EHLO dd15408.kasserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752990AbcCXJIN (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:08:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Sreekanth Reddy , linux-scsi , Jason Taylor , LKML , x86@kernel.org, Matthias Prager Am 24.03.2016 um 07:06 schrieb Thomas Gleixner: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2016, Matthias Prager wrote: >> The timeout happens reliably after two warm boots with a 'bad' kernel >> after coming from a 'good' kernel, and also after one cold boot with a >> 'bad' kernel (meaning cold booting a 'bad' kernel leads directly to the >> timeout and warm booting needs a second run to produce the timeout). I >> haven't tested bare metal yet - I can do that tomorrow if necessary. > > That's on VMWare, right? Jason has seen the same issue: Correct ESXi 5.1 patchlevel 3070626 (the two controllers are passed through to the VM). > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145280623530135&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145523785705624&w=2 > > "Works fine on real hardware and KVM. Filed an issue with VMware and the fix > is in the works." > > Jason, what's the state of this? > > Thanks, > > tglx >