Oh! Glad to see it was not just me suffering from this bug. Still running a patched 4.0.0 kernel through the SAS expander. Everything seems happy. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Ceriel Jacobs <linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Your mvsas port expander bug might be related to bug# 81861 > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81861 > > Adam Talbot schreef op 13-04-15 om 17:11: >> >> To make a very long debugging story short, I think there is an issues/bug >> with the mvsas driver. It works, with older kernels, and breaks on >> newer kernels. >> >> My Debian Jessie system was running great on a 3.18 kernel. Changed >> cases to a newer supermicro case with a SAS expander backplane (SAS933EL). >> That >> was the only hardware change. Now, when ever I boot, the system kernel >> panics. >> >> 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 works >> 3.9.0 Gentoo CD works >> 3.16+ all fail >> Attached are 3 kernel panics on 3.16+ kernels. >> >> Motherboard is a Supermicro X8SIE, with a "Marvell Technology Group Ltd. >> 88SE6440 SAS/SATA PCIe controller" >> >> Is this a known bug? >> >> At this point I have two options: >> Stick with the old kernel (yuck) >> Buy a new card running a better supported chipset >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated >> Thanks >> Adam >> > -- 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
