From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753821Ab1ILG4e (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:56:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:59087 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751532Ab1ILG4d (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:56:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:56:18 -0500 From: Jonathan Nieder To: trouble daemon Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aystarik@gmail.com, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 4200 scsi, worked in 2.6.18, not in 2.6.26 Message-ID: <20110912065618.GA23340@elie> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21+46 (b01d63af6fea) (2011-07-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (resending with a newer address for Alexey - sorry for the noise) Hi, trouble daemon wrote: > I am using a pair of Dell PowerEdg 4200's that have been working with > debian since 2002 or so, 100% perfectly. [...] > - 2.6.26 kernel that panics (latest unmodified debian kernel): > http://pastebin.ca/1886636 > - 2.6.18 kernel that works (latest unmodified debian kernel): > http://pastebin.ca/1886641 pastebin.ca doesn't seem to exist any more, alas. [...] > Ben Hutchings wrote: >> Another option that may be worth trying is 'noapic'. > > Wow, that worked just fine actually on 2.6.26 stock kernel. Thanks a lot! [...] > f8924e770e048429ae13bfabe1ddad9bf1e64df7 is first bad commit > commit f8924e770e048429ae13bfabe1ddad9bf1e64df7 > Author: Alexey Starikovskiy > Date: Fri Apr 4 23:42:21 2008 +0400 > > x86: unify mp_bus_info [...] > I have verified that checking out the patch just before this one works > fine on the machines. Sorry we dropped the ball on this. Dan, any news (e.g., do later kernels do any better)? Alexey, any ideas for tracking this down? Thanks, Jonathan