From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261868AbVGEPAC (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:00:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261863AbVGEPAC (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:00:02 -0400 Received: from mbox1.netikka.net ([213.250.81.202]:52710 "EHLO mbox1.netikka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261868AbVGEOwE (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2005 10:52:04 -0400 Message-ID: <42CA9E93.1050802@mandriva.org> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 17:52:03 +0300 From: Thomas Backlund User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.scsi,gmane.linux.kernel To: Chris Wright CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WARNING : kernel 2.6.11.7 (others) kills megaraid 4e/Si dead References: <20050503151532.GA1316@thumper2> <20050503190005.GS23013@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: <20050503190005.GS23013@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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 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... -- Regards Thomas PS. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed...