From: Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: tfjellstrom@shaw.ca
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.31-rc9 kernel BUG and mvsas
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:04:25 -0700
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Cc: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>,
       "linux-scsi" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Thu December 10 2009, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> > When removing this extra option, it compiles with vanilla 2.6.32 just
> > fine. I crashes the same way as the ubuntu kernel when hot-plugging a
> > disk as well (this time I did it without gdm/x running and it oopses,
> > but unfortunately the highest part of the oops scrolled off). It's 100%
> > reproducible anyway, so basically the controller is a no-go in 2.6.31.6
> > and 2.6.32 both vanilla and ubuntu versions, both without and including
> > the nov09 mvsas patch (at least the original version of the patch as
> > posted). Different failure scenarios though... With the stock kernel
> > the controller seems to get stuck in writing and nothing more happens
> > but at least the machine doesn't crash and burn like it does with the
> > mvsas-patch.
> 
> Would it make sense for me to log this problem in bugzilla? There seems
>  to be a similar issue with equal hw:
> 
> <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14534>
> 
> did these fixes ever go upstream? Are they scheduled to go into the
> stable rebuilds of 2.6.32 ? The patches mentioned in there, are these the
> ones I already tried that didn't solve my problem?
> 

I'm really hoping Andy Yan or someone else on the project can get some time 
to polish up the last patch set posted to linux-scsi. There were a few 
comments regarding them, but no one has responded to them yet.

-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@shaw.ca
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