Bug 178334

Summary: ksconfig doesn't allow HP (cciss) disk names
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Andrew Smith <asmith11>
Component: system-config-kickstartAssignee: Chris Lumens <clumens>
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Fixed In Version: RHEA-2006-0706 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Andrew Smith 2006-01-19 15:38:25 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The ksconfig GUI tool doesn't allow the user HP cciss disk names.  For example, on a typical HPDL380 the disk are exposed to the OS with names like:

/dev/cciss/c0d0

or

/dev/cciss/c1d2


In this naming scheme the integer following the last c is the controller number and the integer following the last d is the disk number.  In a kickstart script one can use "cciss/c0d0" and anaconda handles the situation correctly.  The ksconfig GUI however will not allow the user to enter anything other than a name like "sdx" or "hdx".  If one attempts to enter a cciss device name the GUI will not allow it and reset the field.  These names should clearly be allowed.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-kickstart-2.5.16-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  start the ksconfig tool
2.  on the partition information section add a partition
3.  choose the ondisk option
4.  enter a cciss disk name like 'cciss/c0d0'

  

Actual Results:  ksconfig disallows the entry and resets the field

Expected Results:  'cciss/c0d0' should be allowed, it is a legal value

Additional info:

cciss drives are found on virtually all HP modern x86 servers, this is a fairly common need
Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2006-01-31 21:42:42 UTC 
Fixed in rawhide and added to the proper RHEL update proposed list.
Comment 3 Peter Jones 2006-03-17 20:41:10 UTC 
Chris, did you also get all the other wacky device names here?  If not, we
should be sure to get those too -- ping me and I'll show you the ones we handle
elsewhere.
Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2006-04-10 20:45:29 UTC 
Yes, I have added a variety of strange devices from looking through the
Documentation/devices.txt file that comes with the kernel.
Comment 13 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-10-11 19:07:55 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2006-0706.html