Package: linux-2.6 Severity: important Currently all Debian Kernels > 2.6.18 (including 2.6.32 from unstable) are unusable on larger IBM xSeries machines with QLogic cards as loading the kernel modules results in a crash and reboot of the whole machine:
Feb 24 10:34:12 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2xxx 0000:02:01.0: Cable is unplugged... Feb 24 10:34:12 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] scsi(1): fw_state=4 curr time=ffff208e. Feb 24 10:34:12 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] scsi(1): Firmware ready **** FAILED ****. Feb 24 10:34:12 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2x00_restart_isp(): Configure loop done, status = 0x0 Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2xxx 0000:02:01.0: ISP System Error - mbx1=65h mbx2=2h mbx3=8080h. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2xxx 0000:02:01.0: Firmware dump saved to temp buffer (1/ffffc20007f84000). Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2x00_abort_isp(1): exiting. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2x00_mailbox_command(1): finished abort_isp Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.516679] qla2x00_mailbox_command(1): finished abort_isp Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.545239] qla2x00_mailbox_command(1): **** FAILED. mbx0=69, mbx1=8023, mbx2=ffff, cmd=69 **** Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.613508] qla2x00_get_firmware_state(1): failed=100. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.620441] scsi(1): fw_state=8023 curr time=ffff2118. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.625500] scsi(1): Firmware ready **** FAILED ****. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 95.687879] scsi(1): qla2x00_loop_resync - end Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 96.232463] scsi(1): dpc: sched qla2x00_abort_isp ha = ffff81086b4e85f8 Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 96.232463] qla2xxx 0000:02:01.0: Performing ISP error recovery - ha= ffff81086b4e85f8. Feb 24 10:34:13 dbsrv01 kernel: [ 96.236463] Calgary: DMA error on Calgary PHB 0x2, 0x02010...@csr 0x00008...@plssr The only kernel which works fine - as far as I know - is the RHEL Kernel as they ship a patch which disables msi-x [1]. The issue is also known on several other bugtrackers, including bugzilla.kernel.org ([2], [3]). Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a proper fix from upstream, so it would be nice to have the RHEL workaround in Debian, too, as using Lenny is a PITA thanks to this bug - currently we're using the Etch Kernel as this is the last one which works well. According to the bugzilla.kernel.org bug the issue was introduced with 2.6.20. Machine and the Qlogic cards are both running the latest BIOS and Firmware versions, so there is nothing to upgrade there unfortunately. [1] http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17517188/linux-2.6-scsi-qla2xxx-disable-msi-x-by-default.patch [2] http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11646 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/268242 Best regards, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100303105245.15147.53398.report...@think.mg.bzed.de
