> -----Original Message----- > From: mroos@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mroos@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Meelis > Roos > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:26 AM > To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>; Christoph Hellwig > <hch@xxxxxx>; James Bottomley > <james.bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Don Brace > <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>; linux- > scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] hpsa: add support for legacy boards > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > > > > Add support for legacy boards, ensuring to enable the driver for > > those boards only when 'hpsa_allow_any' is set. > > Applied this patch, made sure I had compiled in hpsa and not cciss to > avoid any variables from initramfs, and still I get this: > > [ 4.015080] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: unrecognized board ID: 0x40800e11, ignoring. > [ 4.098473] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: Board ID not found > > Boot command line was "root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,9600 ro > hpsa_allow_any=1" - > seems correct. > > By looking at the code, I should see "unsupported board ID:" and it > should work, but I see "unrecognized board ID:" and it does not work. > > Hmm, trying hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1. Much better: > > [ 3.891531] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: unsupported board ID: 0x40800e11 > [ 3.962367] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: unsupported board ID: 0x40800e11 > [ 4.033493] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: Controller reports max supported commands > of 0 Using 16 instead. Ensure that firmware is up to date. > [ 4.175134] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: Physical aborts not supported > [ 4.242931] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: Logical aborts not supported > [ 4.309594] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: HP SSD Smart Path aborts not supported > [ 4.460889] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: Controller reports max supported commands > of 0 Using 16 instead. Ensure that firmware is up to date. > [ 4.584679] scsi host0: hpsa > [ 4.587842] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: report luns requested format 2, got 0 > [ 4.613215] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: scsi 0:0:0:0: masked Direct-Access COMPAQ > BD03685A24 PHYS DRV SSDSmartPathCap- En- Exp=0 > [ 4.613219] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: C0:B1:T0:L0 Volume status is not available > through vital product data pages. > [ 4.613224] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: scsi 0:1:0:0: offline Direct-Access COMPAQ > LOGICAL VOLUME RAID-1(+0) SSDSmartPathCap- En- Exp=1 > [ 4.613229] hpsa 0000:00:04.0: scsi 0:3:0:0: added RAID COMPAQ > Smart Array 5i controller SSDSmartPathCap- En- Exp=1 > [ 6.187725] scsi 0:3:0:0: RAID COMPAQ Smart Array 5i 2.62 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 0 > [...] > [ 6.726872] VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0): > error -6 > [ 6.814364] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the > available partitions: > [ 6.914403] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) > > Controller is detected, there is something behind it but no sda is > detected and no bootup. > > What next? > > And, for readability, we should use something like "Using unsupported > board ID", not plain "unsupported board ID" - the last one leaves > assumption that it will not work, although it should. > > -- > Meelis Roos (mroos@xxxxxxxx) The 5i controller is probably too old for the hpsa driver to support. The hpsa driver is looking for information to determine if the drive is online/offline and this information is not available. What was the original issue you were having with the cciss driver?
