Description of problem: mptscsih driver probes beyond 32 targets on parallel scsi This problem shows up on Bull Nova scale installations. Just adding this in case someone searches on install issues with Bull. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Both U2 and U3 candidate show this behavior How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Either install via anaconda or upgrade kernel 2. 3. Actual results: System shows Firmware bugs when probing the targets Expected results: Additional info: There is a workaround. If installing from anaconda add expert noprobe to the linux prompt. Then when selecting drivers be sure to select the 20505 version of mptbase and mptscsih. If upgrading to the new kernel be sure to change /etc/modules.conf to use this version of mptscsih alias scsi_hostadapter mptbase_20505 alias scsi_hostadapter1 mptscsih_20505 Tom Coughlan is aware of the bug and is building me a test driver.
This was fixed in U4.
An errata 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/RHBA-2004-550.html