On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 15:02 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:59:06 -0500 Mike Miller <mike.miller@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > ... > > > > --- 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; > > OK, wazzup. That's the only occurrence of the symbol > "cciss_allow_hpsa" in Linux and needless to say, the compiler laughed > at me. Argh. Sorry about that. I could have sworn I tested that on rc7. I'll have another patch ready in a bit to add the flag. > -- 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
