(switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). This bugzilla report appears to not have been sent out to the scsi list. On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:15:37 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11194 > > Summary: megraid_mbox kernel panic during st driver > initialization > Product: IO/Storage > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.25 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: SCSI > AssignedTo: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: cshore@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.24 > > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 The kernel versions are ambiguous. Which is the earliest failing kernel version? > Distribution: Debian Lenny (-testing + -unstable + kernel trunk for debian) > > Hardware Environment: ASUS P4B 2.0 GHz P4 Motherboard, Dell PERC3/DC (like AMI > MegraRAID Elite 1600) LVD Ultra3 SCSI Adaptor with four 80 GB drives on Channel > 0 and a SCSI-U2 Seagate DDS-4 tape drive on Channel 1 > Software Environment: Debian Lenny (up-to-date), with some unstable and tested > with the testing kernel (.25) and the trunk kernel (.26) > > Problem Description: The kernel panics (claiming it's in the megaraid_mbox > driver) during boot when the st driver would normally report > > st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. > > This is after the logical disk has been found and all filesystems mounted, so > the RAID part of the driver is probably fine. > > > The point at which > > st 0:1:6:0: Attached scsi tape st0 > st 0:1:6:0: st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B) > > appears with .24 is passed before the panic, but I haven't actually seen those > messages as they scroll by too quickly. > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1) Install debian lenny with a .24 kernel (I'm not sure how you would do that > now that .24 is no longer the testing kernel); maybe beta2 would still let you. > 2) Install -testing kernel (.25) > 3) Attempt to boot using the new kernel > 4) Kernel panics, system is unusable > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
