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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [BUG] mpt2sas: driver init fails on kernel >=4.2 for 9211-8i
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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:06:12 +0100 (CET)
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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:

 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