Description of problem: This applies to fc8 too (I initially installed w8 and had the same problem. I have a Dell Poweredge 1950. It has Serial ATA drives. The default FC 7 kernel boots my sys fine, just after I update via yum w/default yum conf...meaning no extra repos. As of kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 and up tried w/FC8 fresh install. The system hangs during boot @: Loading ata_piix.ko module Fedora Rocks!!! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 How reproducible: Select kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 or higher in grub during boot Steps to Reproduce: 1. select kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7, boot 2. 3. Actual results: hangs Expected results: logon prompt Additional info:
Let me know if you need any more info
Heres my sys info from smolt: http://www.smolts.org/show?UUID=0b59f4fa-e0c0-48a6-9b3c-b1263a34ef97
I have same problem with with same server but equiped with SAS 6/IR controler and 2xSAS drives in a raid 1 configuration. Tried FC8, installation DVD won't boot stoped at loading ata_piix.ko just after the mptsas module cored. I installed the default FC7 with kernel 2.6.21.3194.fc7 and booted fine. When I did a yum update it installed kernel 2.6.23.15.80 witch does not boot anymore. I tried every driver disks from Dell witout success before finding it was a kernel problem.
Any ideas?????
can you try the 2.6.24 from updates-testing ?
Yes I can. It may take me a few days as that server is now in our UK office and I'll have to arrange to have someone onsite who I can walk through a reboot if the kernel hangs. It will probably be on March 7 as this weekend is end of month and dont have time for server to be down for a minute. I will try and keep you posted. Perhaps Stefan could try it as well.
Boot messages required but from other reports I'll take a guess that its actually an acpi/irq regression as it seems to bridge multiple hardware setups.
Created attachment 296350 [details] Boot log from my actuel kernel
I would love to. But infortunately the server is now in production stored in a 3rd party datawarehouse where I have to pay to gain access. All I can give you would be the actual boot log from my actual kernel (2.6.21- 1.3194.fc7) The logs from the defective kernel boots were deleted. Thanks for helping, sorry not beeing more supportive.
Same hardware, same problem. There is no 2.6.24 kernel in the updates-testing repo for f7. The latest kernel available there is 2.6.23.17-82.fc7. I loaded it and rebooted...same result.
Since no 2.6.24 kernel was available for f7, I decided to boot my system from the 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 kernel (from initial f7 install), then do a 'yum upgrade' to the most recent f8 packages. This resulted in the default kernel being 2.6.24.3-12.fc8. Upon reboot...same result! No means to capture full trace from console: > Booting Kernel... > > Red Hat nash 6.0.9... Dump/Trace ending in: > Code 0f b7 07 48 8b 54 24 08 89 02 49 8d 84 24 58 06 00 00 89 > RIP [<ffffffff880ae242>] :mptsas:mptsas_probe_expander_phys +0x62/0x52d > RSP <ffff81043c0c3bb8> > CR2: 0000000000000010 > ---[ end of trace cb4b7d2f8954101f ]---
(In reply to comment #11) > Since no 2.6.24 kernel was available for f7, I decided to boot my system from > the 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 kernel (from initial f7 install), then do a 'yum upgrade' > to the most recent f8 packages. This resulted in the default kernel being > 2.6.24.3-12.fc8. > > Upon reboot...same result! > > No means to capture full trace from console: > > > Booting Kernel... > > > > Red Hat nash 6.0.9... > > Dump/Trace ending in: > > > Code 0f b7 07 48 8b 54 24 08 89 02 49 8d 84 24 58 06 00 00 89 > > RIP [<ffffffff880ae242>] :mptsas:mptsas_probe_expander_phys +0x62/0x52d > > RSP <ffff81043c0c3bb8> > > CR2: 0000000000000010 > > ---[ end of trace cb4b7d2f8954101f ]--- > Uh, that's a bug in the LSI Fusion MPT SAS driver.
But the driver works fine with kernels before 2.6.23.12-52.fc7??? Are you saying that I should look to Dell/LSI to provide a driver update?
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