[Note: please cc me on answers since I'm not subscribed to the list] When running udevd, I get a kernel panic (the trace was copied by hand from the screen): Call Trace: [<c012e307>] tasklet_action+0x85/0x10d [<c012dde9>] __do_softirq+0x8f/0x12a [<c01139ba>] ack_apic_level+0x5b/0x1ae [<c012dedb>] do_softirq+0x57/0x59 [<c012e0b7>] irq_exit+0x43/0x45 [<c0104b17>] do_IRQ+0x61/0xba [<c0167d56>] shmem_get_iode+0xa1/0x199 [<c05a75f3>] _spin_lock+0x14/0x17 [<c01037a7>] common_interrupt+0x27/0x2c [<c01900d8>] fifo_open+0xda/0x212 [<c017efaf>] kmem_cache_free+0x3a/0x54 [<c018c3b2>] sys_mkdirat+0xa8/0xd0 [<c018c3f9>] sys_kndir+0x1f/0x23 [<c0103222>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Code: 0f b6 82 4c 46 00 00 d3 f8 a8 01 0f 84 cd fe ff ff 8b 44 24 34 8b 70 34 8b 06 83 e0 fc 0f 84 68 01 00 00 e8 37 eb cf ff 8b 56 04 <f6> 04 10 1f 0f 85 a9 fe ff ff 0f b7 4b 24 0f b7 43 26 c1 e1 04 EIP: [<c046d1b9>] megaraid_mbox_dpc+0x24d/0x561 SS:ESP 0068:f59e1e00 ---[ end trace bd6fcd56a304a4d0 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt The environment: - Kernel 2.6.29.6, megaraid_mm and megaraid_mbox in the kernel (not modules, since I boot from the raid disk.) - Distribution: Slackware 12.2 - LSI Megaraid 320-2 2-channel SCSI RAID PCI card, firmware 1L49 - Attached to channel 1: 1 RAID 1, 1 RAID 0 disks - Attached to channel 2: 1 DVD drive using a SCSI-to-IDE adapter - Megaraid boot option: unconf_disks=1 - udevd version 135 - the udev file that triggers it: /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules (may be Slackware-specific) - the SCSI-related entries in the 50-uder.rules file: # sysfs is populated after the event is sent ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="[0-9]*:[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi", WAIT_FOR_SYSFS="ioerr_cnt" # permissions for SCSI sg/tape devices SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="s[gt][0-9]*", ATTRS{type}=="5", NAME="%k", GROUP="cdrom", MODE="0660" # load modules to scsi disks, if they aren't in kernel SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_device", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{type}=="0|7|14", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe sd_mod" SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_device", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{type}=="1", ATTRS{vendor}=="On[sS]tream", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe osst" SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_device", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{type}=="1", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe st" SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_device", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{type}=="[45]", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe sr_mod" SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_device", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe sg" ACTION!="add", GOTO="persistent_storage_end" KERNEL=="nst[0-9]", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -s %p -d $tempnode" KERNEL=="nst[0-9]", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -a -s %p -d $tempnode" KERNEL=="nst[0-9]", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="?*", SYMLINK+="tape/by-id/$env{ID_BUS}-$env{ID_SERIAL}-nst" # type 8 devices are "Medium Changers" KERNEL=="sg*", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="8", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -s %p -d $tempno de" KERNEL=="sg*", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="8", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -a -s %p -d $tem pnode" KERNEL=="sg*", SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="8", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="?*", SYMLINK+="tape/by-id/$env{ID_BUS}-$env{ID_SER IAL}" KERNEL=="sd*[!0-9]|sr*|st*", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -s %p -d $tempnode" KERNEL=="sd*[!0-9]|sr*|st*", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="", IMPORT{program}="scsi_id -g -x -a -s %p -d $tempnode" - If I comment out these entries, I don't get the kernel panic. - Alternatively, if I disconnect the DVD on the Megaraid channel 2, I don't get the kernel panic. - This started happening after an upgrade of Slackware from 12.0 to 12.2. Same kernel, but udev changed. -Joe -- 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