Hello, thank you for your response. exact error messages are not easy, since the messages a) appear only for a short while or b) are incomplete because it is not possible to scroll up. I don't have any dma/irq related problems with my hard disks without a kexec reboot. And I don't have any problems with mdadm-2.1 and kexec reboot. With mdadm-2.2 I get the following message on shutdown (or reboot (with and without kexec)): "mdamd: failed to stop /dev/md1 array, device or resource busy" I am not sure if that error message comes directly from mdadm or is filtered by the gentoo script. Other users have the same problem: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-360870-highlight-mdadm+stop+array.html Since mdadm-2.1 does not has this error, I assume that the kexec problem might be related to this mdadm-2.2 issue. Do you still need more information about my hardware or is there anything I can do to get a more precise error message? Bye, Mario. On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:08:58 +1100 Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday January 23, mario@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello :) > > > > when rebooting my gentoo system with mdadm-2.2, I get the following > > error message on shutdown: > > > > mdadm: fail to stop array /dev/md0: Device or resource busy > > md0 is my root partition > > > > > > /dev/md0 is my root parition. > > > > That is no problem with a real reboot or shutdown. > > > > > > But with a "kexec reboot" the rebooted kernel hangs with > > several dma and irq errors. > > > > The problem does not exist in version mdadm-2.1 > > > > This does not sound at all like it could be an mdadm issue. If you > are getting dma and irq errors then I suspect some low lever device > driver is misbehaving or getting confused by kexec. > > > > > I am not sure if this is the right place for reporting this issue.. > > A good place to start, but I don't think you'll find the answer > here. If there is a 'kexec' mailing list, try there, otherwise > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Also, include lots more details. Precise error messages, what sorts > of drives and controllers you have, and the exact sequence of events. > > NeilBrown > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Mario. > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" > in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html