Patch 1/1 If hpsa is selected as the Smart Array driver cciss may try to load in the kdump kernel. When this happens kdump fails and a core file cannot be created. This patch prevents cciss from trying to load in this scenario. This effects primarily older Smart Array controllers. From: Mike Miller <mike.miller@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@xxxxxx> --- drivers/block/cciss.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c index 1c1b8e5..a6c0973 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c @@ -4960,6 +4960,12 @@ static int cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) ctlr_info_t *h; unsigned long flags; + /* + * if this is the kdump kernel and the user has set the flags to + * use hpsa rather than cciss just bail + */ + if ((reset_devices) && (cciss_allow_hpsa == 1)) + return -ENODEV; rc = cciss_init_reset_devices(pdev); if (rc) { if (rc != -ENOTSUPP) -- 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