Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Peter Williams
Brown, Len wrote: Please then try the latest ACPI patch here: > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches /release/2.6.13/acpi-20050902-2.6.13.diff.gz > It should apply to vanilla 2.6.13 with a reject in ia64/Kconfig > that you can ignore. > > If this works, then we

Re: 2.6.13-mm1 login fails

2005-09-03 Thread David S. Miller
From: "Brown, Len" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:58:15 -0400 > CONFIG_AUDIT=y indeed did the trick. > > When will I be able to delete CONFIG_AUDIT from my kernel again? It's a regression we accidently added to the netlink socket family, we will fix it. But please use the workarou

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread James Bottomley
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 23:51 +1000, Peter Williams wrote: > > Are you seeing this "Device not ready" message appear over and over, or > > just the once? > > Just the once. OK, I finally have a theory about this. It's the everything goes via bios code. Previously there were several levels at wh

2.6.13-mm1 login fails (RE: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...)

2005-09-03 Thread Brown, Len
>As for the inability to log in, this bug may be relevant, >given I also had >that problem: > >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166422 > >There are fixes in the pipeline for util-linux audit >interaction in Fedora as >well. I know because I reported those too ;) > >> afte

RE: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Brown, Len
>> > Please then try the latest ACPI patch here: >> > >http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches >/release/2.6.13/acpi-20050902-2.6.13.diff.gz >> > It should apply to vanilla 2.6.13 with a reject in ia64/Kconfig >> > that you can ignore. >> > >> > If this works, then we

Re: [PATCH 1/7] zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler

2005-09-03 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 02:30:42PM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler > > This handler is required to avoid offlined SCSI devices in a multipath > setup if scsi commands time out on cable pulls lasting longer than 30 > seconds. Please don't do this. We have pro

Re: SCSI tape problems... (solved?)

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Valentan
Hi! I think, I have found the problem with SCSI-Tapes (Error 8). I have detect, that the sgraidmon is testing all sg-devices, and if the inquiry-command fails (timeout) it sends a bus- reset-command (ioctl) as "recovery"-operation ! After stopping the sgraidmon I have no more problems with th

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Peter Williams
Reuben Farrelly wrote: Hi Peter, On 3/09/2005 4:59 a.m., Peter Williams wrote: Brown, Len wrote: [ 279.662960] [] wait_for_completion+0xa4/0x110 possibly a missing interrupt? CONFIG_ACPI=y any difference if booted with "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq"? Yes. In both cases, the syst

Re: [PATCH 1/7] zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler

2005-09-03 Thread James Bottomley
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 14:30 +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler > > This handler is required to avoid offlined SCSI devices in a multipath > setup if scsi commands time out on cable pulls lasting longer than 30 > seconds. But that's not what the patch does. It s

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Reuben Farrelly
Hi Peter, On 3/09/2005 4:59 a.m., Peter Williams wrote: Brown, Len wrote: [ 279.662960] [] wait_for_completion+0xa4/0x110 possibly a missing interrupt? CONFIG_ACPI=y any difference if booted with "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq"? Yes. In both cases, the system appears to boot normally b

Re: [PATCH 1/7] zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
On 03.09.2005 14:56 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler > > > > This handler is required to avoid offlined SCSI devices in a multipath > > setup if scsi commands time out on cable pulls lasting longer than 30 > > seconds. > hmm why i

Re: [PATCH 1/7] zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler

2005-09-03 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 14:30 +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler > > This handler is required to avoid offlined SCSI devices in a multipath > setup if scsi commands time out on cable pulls lasting longer than 30 > seconds. hmm why is this needed? doesn't the fc t

[PATCH 7/7] zfcp: provide support for NPIV

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
From: Maxim Shchetynin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zfcp: provide support for NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) allows a single FCP port to appear as multiple, distinct ports providing separate port identification. NPIV is supported by FC HBAs on System z9. zfcp was adapted to support this new feature.

[PATCH 5/7] zfcp: shorten eh_bus_reset and eh_host_reset handlers

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
zfcp: shorten eh_bus_reset and eh_host_reset handlers Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -Nup linux-2.6.13/drivers/s390/scsi-orig/zfcp_scsi.c linux-2.6.13/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_scsi.c --- linux-2.6.13/drivers/s390/scsi-orig/zfcp_scsi.c 2005-09-03 12:21:58.0 +0

[PATCH 4/7] zfcp: remove function zfcp_fsf_req_wait_and_cleanup

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
zfcp: remove function zfcp_fsf_req_wait_and_cleanup Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> zfcp_ext.h |1 - zfcp_fsf.c | 46 -- zfcp_scsi.c | 21 + 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) diff -Nup

[PATCH 3/7] zfcp: remove union zfcp_req_data, use unit refcount for FCP commands

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
zfcp: remove union zfcp_req_data, use unit refcount for FCP commands o union zfcp_req_data removed o increment unit refcount when processing FCP commands (This fixes a theoretical race: When all scsi commands of a unit are aborted and the scsi_device is removed then the unit could be removed

[PATCH 2/7] zfcp: fix race conditions when accessing erp_action lists

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
zfcp: fix race conditions when accessing erp_action lists o always use locking when changing erp_action lists, o avoid escalation to ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_PORT_FORCED if erp_action is still in use for ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_PORT Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -Nup linux-2.6.13

[PATCH 1/7] zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
zfcp: introduce eh_timed_out handler This handler is required to avoid offlined SCSI devices in a multipath setup if scsi commands time out on cable pulls lasting longer than 30 seconds. Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -Nup linux-2.6.13/drivers/s390/scsi-orig/zfcp_scsi.c

[PATCH 0/7] zfcp: update to driver version 4.5.0

2005-09-03 Thread Andreas Herrmann
Hi, Following a series of 7 patches (based on 2.6.13) to update the zfcp device driver. Patches contain bugfixes, some cleanups and new features. Overall diffstat of all patches is: Makefile |2 zfcp_aux.c | 188 - zfcp_dbf.c | 999 +

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Andrew Morton
Peter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please then try the latest ACPI patch here: > > > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/2.6.13/acpi-20050902-2.6.13.diff.gz > > It should apply to vanilla 2.6.13 with a reject in ia64/Kconfig > > that you can igno

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Peter Williams
Len Brown wrote: On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 03:18 -0400, Peter Williams wrote: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13/2.6.13-mm1/broken-out/git-acpi.patch I am able to confirm that the problem occurs with vanilla 2.5.13 after I apply the above patch. Thanks. Pl

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Len Brown
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 03:18 -0400, Peter Williams wrote: > > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13/2.6.13-mm1/broken-out/git-acpi.patch > >> > I am able to confirm that the problem occurs with vanilla 2.5.13 after > I apply the above patch. Thanks. Please then tr

Re: 2.6.13-mm1: hangs during boot ...

2005-09-03 Thread Peter Williams
Peter Williams wrote: Brown, Len wrote: Brown, Len wrote: [ 279.662960] [] wait_for_completion+0xa4/0x110 possibly a missing interrupt? CONFIG_ACPI=y any difference if booted with "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq"? Yes. In both cases, the system appears to boot normally but I'm