Thanks for the bisect results! We can confirm that this fixes the issue by manually specifying the max_sectors_kb and seeing if that fixes the issue. 1. Boot the server installation and stop at the partitioning screen (this way we make sure it has detected everything) 2. Switch to another VT (Ctrl-Alt-F2) 3. Confirm and post the values of cat /sys/block/xxx/queue/max_sectors_kb and max_hw_sectors_kb (where xxx is the block device for the Avago controller) 4. Execute - echo 1024 > /sys/block/vda/queue/max_sectors_kb 5. Confirm it was really changed with cat 6. Proceed with the installation
Now, if you want to use this as a more permanent workaround you need to specify the 1024 value in sysfs on the installed system as well. Once confirmed, we would want to get from Avago (or at least some manual testing) what the real hw maximum of this value should be and add it the driver (as described in the commit message). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1475166 Title: Ubuntu 15.04 Install Error with Avago Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Hello Canonical Team We are running to an issue installing ubuntu PPC64LE 15.04 full blown image on our servers (with RAID controller). Installation hangs around 70% of progress. An important part of our configuration is Avago RAID controller: 9361-8i Firmware version we used is 4.300.00-4429, and the package is 24.10.0-0002. IMPORTANT: It has to be noted that with same hardware configuration 14.10 full blown image installs fine. Dmesg logs are attached: Looking at dmesg logs point out that: LSI (avago) driver loads fine During further interaction with raid volume during the installation process, firmware errors are seen [ 196.991417] megasas: FW status 0x3 [ 196.999376] megasas: FW status 0x3 [ 197.007376] megasas: FW status 0x3 Further down the process I/O errors are thrown [ 217.438664] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 22052864 [ 217.438671] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 22052865 [ 217.438678] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 22052866 [ 217.438686] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 22052867 Full dmesg log is attached. Snippet is pasted below highlighting: It can be noted that there’s a Mellanox Connectx 3 pro card with some test Firmware on our setup. We can Ignore any diagnostic messages from that card in dmesg logs for the purpose of this bug. Thanks Adi Gangidi To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1475166/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
