MPT SCSI driver hang (was Re: Kernel 2.6.0-1.37 hang on boot w/ FusionMPT SCSI driver)

[Mark Heslep <mark mitre org>]

Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 19:03, mark wrote:
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> > mptscsih: ioc0: >>  Attempting task abort! (sc=f7170864, numIOs=1)
> > mptscsih: ioc0: >>  Attempting target reset! (sc=f7170864, numIOs=1)
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > etc. and requiring a power cycle to reset.  Same result w/  'noapic'
> >
> > Any insights / work arounds before I bugzilla?
> >   
>
>
> Try and repeat with the latest kernel. Yesterdays update merged -bk4
> which had a merge from the scsi maintiainers repository.
>
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>  

The latest kernels (up to 2.6.1.57 ) were no help with this Fusion MPT 
SCSI driver hang at boot but  thats not surprising after some more 
research.  The kernel reports the driver version is only 2.05.00  but 
the author / maintainer has released patches for 3.00 on Jan 6 to 
2.6.1-rc2 here:

http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2004/Jan/1506.html

The 2.05 MPT driver for the 2.4  kernel was released back in March '03.

Anyway I pulled the fusion 3.00.01 down  * and recompiled the Fedora 
2.6.1.57  with  it and the driver hang is fixed.  I still can't boot 
though as Init won't start due I believe  due to some remaining disk 
access problem - can't tell.  Note that an older FC kenel 2.6.0-32 still 
boots fine on the same system.  Using selinux=0 in all cases  and FC2 
rawhide current to 3-4 days ago.

*  
ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/Fusion-MPT/2.6-patches/3.00.01/