Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:39:37 -0500 (CDT) | From | Robert Macaulay <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.9-ac10 scsi_scan broke with SPARSELUN devices( /proc/partitions loops) |
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Reverting the the 2.4.9 sd.c also fixed my problem. Apparently it has nothing to do with the SPARSELUN in scsi_scan.
Perhaps since my boot/root device aren't modules, my system wasn't affected till I loaded a disk module.
Robert
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Macaulay, Robert wrote:
> > On a clean 2.4.9ac10 kernel, with no SPARSELUN devices loaded, > /proc/partitions lists the devices as it should. The machine is a HIMEM64 > box with 8GB of RAM, and a qlogic 2200 connected to the fibre channel > disks. > > Once the qlogicfc driver is loaded with Dell PV650f(a SPARSELUN device), > the /proc/partitions lists the correct devices, but does so over and > over. > For example, a /proc/partitions after the load, somewhat abbreviated > > 8 0 17547264 sda > 8 1 56196 sda1 > 8 16 17342660 sdb > 8 17 103408 sdb1 > 8 0 17547264 sda > 8 1 56196 sda1 > 8 16 17342660 sdb > 8 17 103408 sdb1 > . > . > . > > The same results happen if we use qlogic's qla2x00 driver on this > kernel. The driver's messages in dmesg are correct, however the block > devices are still usable, but anything that grabs all devices(mount -a) > will cause it to spin forever. > > Thanks > Robert Macaulay > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > >
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