From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753783AbcCXGHs (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:07:48 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:55723 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752580AbcCXGHq (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:07:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:06:12 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Matthias Prager cc: Sreekanth Reddy , linux-scsi , Jason Taylor , LKML , x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] mpt2sas: driver init fails on kernel >=4.2 for 9211-8i IT In-Reply-To: <56F34BB5.3090007@matthiasprager.de> Message-ID: References: <56EF049F.6050809@matthiasprager.de> <56EFBC55.9070209@matthiasprager.de> <56F018A0.7070307@matthiasprager.de> <56F021B9.9080305@matthiasprager.de> <56F1B2E5.1070605@matthiasprager.de> <56F34BB5.3090007@matthiasprager.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 24 Mar 2016, Matthias Prager wrote: > The timeout happens reliably after two warm boots with a 'bad' kernel > after coming from a 'good' kernel, and also after one cold boot with a > 'bad' kernel (meaning cold booting a 'bad' kernel leads directly to the > timeout and warm booting needs a second run to produce the timeout). I > haven't tested bare metal yet - I can do that tomorrow if necessary. That's on VMWare, right? Jason has seen the same issue: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145280623530135&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145523785705624&w=2 "Works fine on real hardware and KVM. Filed an issue with VMware and the fix is in the works." Jason, what's the state of this? Thanks, tglx