On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 10:57 -0400, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > >> It only prints the following when booting: > >> > >> Adaptec aacraid driver 1.1-5[2456]-ms > > > > That driver comes from a rather old kernel (2.6.29 or before). Could > > you try with a modern version (which should print 1.1-5[26400]-ms just > > in case the problem got fixed in the interim. > > Yes, my apologies. This was from the working kernel, which is 2.6.27. > I am working with 2.6.35-rc3. > > >> The dmesg output from a working system is here: > >> > >> http://pastebin.com/0AnVBV7s > > > > This trace shows your system won't configure interrupts correctly > > without ACPI ... if ACPI isn't working, more than just the aacraid will > > be non functional. A dmesg of the failing system would be definitive in > > diagnosing this. > > How can I do this? The kernel panics without mounting a filesystem. You need a serial or net console to capture the output. At a guess, the latest ACPI cockup is this one: commit b430acbd7c4b919886fa7fd92eeb7a695f1940d3 Author: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu May 6 17:41:08 2010 -0400 ACPICA: simplify SCI_EN workaround Try reverting that and seeing if it boots. James -- 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
