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SubjectRe: WARNING : kernel 2.6.11.7 (others) kills megaraid 4e/Si dead
* Thomas Backlund (tmb@mandriva.org) wrote:
> 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...

Last known good one (that Andy tested) was 2.6.10. His was the only
report I've seen, and I haven't found any more details on it.
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