Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Hi, I am working on improving support for newer megaraid controllers in Debian squeeze's 2.6.32.y-based kernel. On top of what's in 2.6.32.y, Debian squeeze currently has the following patches applied: c35188377f12 Add poll mechanism to megaraid sas driver 72c4fd36dc7f add sysfs for AEN polling 879111224d07 Add new megaraid SAS 2 controller support to the driver 7bebf5c79cb6 allocate the application cmds to sas2 controller 0c79e681eef1 Fix the fix for fw hang caused by megaraid sas application When Buford Peek needed support for a Dell PERC H710P I provided him with the following as a quick set of patches to test: 81e403ce3c6a infrastructure to get PDs from FW 7e8a75f4dfbf Add the support for updating the OS after adding/removing the devices from FW bdc6fb8d69fa add the logical drive list to driver c978684254d1 driver fixed the device update issue f4c9a1317d32 add the IEEE SGE support to SAS2 controller 39a985547cbf Add Online Controller Reset to MegaRAID SAS drive 0d49016bbab4 Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c 80d9da98b403 Add MSI-X support and msix_disable module parameter aeab3fd7b865 make driver PCI legacy I/O port free driver b6d5d8808b4c Use lowest memory bar for SR-IOV VF support cd50ba8ede5c Add struct megasas_instance_template changes 9c915a8c99bc Add 9565/9285 specific code The result seemed to work ok. :) But it left out at least one important fix: f575c5d3ebdc Fix instance access in megasas_reset_timer It also is not particularly minimal. After applying all of the above, the following commits still remain unapplied: 8d5682532133 tape drive support fix 044833b572b9 report system PDs to OS 7218df69e360 use the firmware boot timeout when waiting for commands a0b7736828f7 Update version number and documentation 780a3762fb92 Zero pad_0 in mfi structure 63bad45db1d4 version and documentation update 837f5fe89c84 support devices update flag 1fd106851698 Add input parameter for max_sectors 707e09bd867c Add three times Online controller reset e340c3537239 Version and documentation update 3f1530c1e1f7 Update GPL headers. eb1b12377376 Fix failure gotos 53ef2bbd2068 Add missing check_and_restore_queue_depth call 0a77066acc78 Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_init_fw e1419191d8d3 Call tasklet_schedule for MSI-X 66192dfe1e74 Fix probe_one to clear MSI-X flags in kdump f51244058963 Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion to not filter by TYPE_DISK eaa3c240de25 Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion to use correct LUN field 4c598b23807a Add CFG_CLEARED AEN f86c5424b027 Fix tasklet_init call 1ac515ef3f2f Fix fault state handling 42a8d2b34d10 Fix max_sectors for IEEE SGL ebf054b00b0a Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly 00fa2b191b4b Version and Changelog update 3f1abce4aba4 Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_STATE instead 70d031f36fa5 Remove un-used function 7e70e7336515 Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter 46fd256e0558 Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasas_shutdown() 541f90b7c6df Fix bug where AENs could be lost in probe() and resume() 495c5609700e Convert 6,10,12 byte CDB's for FastPath IO 3cc6851f9a35 Add 1078 OCR support 4f788dce0baf Version and Changelog update Questions: 1) Are any of these important fixes that should be applied to 2.6.32.y so everyone who uses a 2.6.32-based kernel can start benefitting from them? 2) Are there any important fixes to megaraid SAS 2 support which we should apply right away to Debian squeeze? 3) Is the list of patches I sent to Buford Peek for LSI Fusion support missing any dependencies or follow-up fixes? 4) Which patches do you recommend applying to support even more hardware more robustly? 5) Would you be willing to test a 2.6.32.y-based kernel with your suggested set of patches? That would be very useful to us. There is a basic kernel for testing available at http://alioth.debian.org/~jrnieder-guest/temp/driver-test/ to get the process started. Thanks for maintaining the megaraid driver well, and hope that helps. Sincerely, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120609164753.GA18761@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Hi again, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Buford Peek wrote: So far everything is looking good..We do NOT run a stock config so I have recompiled the kernel with our specific config and will run LTP testing on the system to determine if their are any more issues. Thanks again. How did it go? Friendly ping. Did you end up learning anything from testing? Curious, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120608173508.GA11520@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 17:37 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Hi, Buford Peek wrote: So far everything is looking good..We do NOT run a stock config so I have recompiled the kernel with our specific config and will run LTP testing on the system to determine if their are any more issues. Thanks again. How did it go? (Ben, if it worked well for them then I think we should take these patches in s-p-u right after the next point release and see if anyone screams. Or sooner, if we can get someone at Dell or LSI to look over the list of patches or can get confidence some other way, like comparing to what Red Hat uses.) Yes, agree we should apply these. Unfortunately it's now too late to get these into Debian 6.0.5. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Hi, Buford Peek wrote: So far everything is looking good..We do NOT run a stock config so I have recompiled the kernel with our specific config and will run LTP testing on the system to determine if their are any more issues. Thanks again. How did it go? (Ben, if it worked well for them then I think we should take these patches in s-p-u right after the next point release and see if anyone screams. Or sooner, if we can get someone at Dell or LSI to look over the list of patches or can get confidence some other way, like comparing to what Red Hat uses.) Curious, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120419223709.GA4904@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Jonathon, Looks like the patch didn't work ..I got the same problem as before when I booted the system. The system booted me to initramfs shell..It did not find any megaraid drivers( megaraid not in /proc/modules or not megaraid output in dmesg). The Drives were not found (ls -al /dev/sd* returned nothing). Just for Clarification, and to verify that I have patched the kernel properly(I usually just compile from linux-source package, so I don't manually patch the kernel)... here is the process I went through to patch the kernel. # first I downloaded the source and patches apt-get source llinux-2.6 apt-get install linux-patch-debian-2.6.32 #patched the source cd linux-2.6-2.6.32 ./debian/rules source # Manually applied the SCSI megaraid patches patch 0001-XXX.patch . 0012-XXX.patch # Verified that Megaraid patches were applied to build target # It looked like the patch was applied successfully diff /lancope/var/pristine/linux-2.6-2.6.32/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c # Compile and build package make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd kernel-image kernel-headers kernel-source thanks, -Buford From: Jonathan Nieder [jrnie...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:47 PM To: Buford Peek Cc: 666...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel block 624794 by 666108 tags 666108 + upstream patch moreinfo # hardware support severity 666108 important quit Buford Peek wrote: dmesg | grep mega returned nothing... Thanks. Support for this controller was added during the 2.6.38-rc1 merge window (commit 9c915a8c99bc, [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code, 2010-12-21). Could you try the attached patch series against the squeeze kernel? Instructions are at [1], and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official or the corresponding page in the debian-kernel-handbook package Adam Radford (5): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add MSI-X support and msix_disable module parameter [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Use lowest memory bar for SR-IOV VF support [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add struct megasas_instance_template changes [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code Noriyuki Fujii (1): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: make driver PCI legacy I/O port free driver Yang, Bo (6): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: infrastructure to get PDs from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add the support for updating the OS after adding/ removing the devices from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the logical drive list to driver [SCSI] megaraid_sas: driver fixed the device update issue [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the IEEE SGE support to SAS2 controller [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add Online Controller Reset to MegaRAID SAS drive drivers/scsi/megaraid/Makefile |2 + drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c| 3827 --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h| 273 +- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 5253 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c | 516 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c | 2248 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h | 695 7 files changed, 8974 insertions(+), 3840 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/FB09F9AF3FE25444B277AA82BB35EE175F02905F@LCHQEX03.lancope.local
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Jonathon, Nix my last comment, ..it is looking like it works..It was late last night and I pretty much booted the standard linux-image-2.6.32-41 package again..I am still doing some preliminary testing and will get back with you later today on my findings. thanks for you help, -Buford From: Buford Peek [bp...@lancope.com] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 8:47 AM To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: 666...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel Jonathon, Looks like the patch didn't work ..I got the same problem as before when I booted the system. The system booted me to initramfs shell..It did not find any megaraid drivers( megaraid not in /proc/modules or not megaraid output in dmesg). The Drives were not found (ls -al /dev/sd* returned nothing). Just for Clarification, and to verify that I have patched the kernel properly(I usually just compile from linux-source package, so I don't manually patch the kernel)... here is the process I went through to patch the kernel. # first I downloaded the source and patches apt-get source llinux-2.6 apt-get install linux-patch-debian-2.6.32 #patched the source cd linux-2.6-2.6.32 ./debian/rules source # Manually applied the SCSI megaraid patches patch 0001-XXX.patch . 0012-XXX.patch # Verified that Megaraid patches were applied to build target # It looked like the patch was applied successfully diff /lancope/var/pristine/linux-2.6-2.6.32/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c # Compile and build package make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd kernel-image kernel-headers kernel-source thanks, -Buford From: Jonathan Nieder [jrnie...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:47 PM To: Buford Peek Cc: 666...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel block 624794 by 666108 tags 666108 + upstream patch moreinfo # hardware support severity 666108 important quit Buford Peek wrote: dmesg | grep mega returned nothing... Thanks. Support for this controller was added during the 2.6.38-rc1 merge window (commit 9c915a8c99bc, [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code, 2010-12-21). Could you try the attached patch series against the squeeze kernel? Instructions are at [1], and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official or the corresponding page in the debian-kernel-handbook package Adam Radford (5): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add MSI-X support and msix_disable module parameter [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Use lowest memory bar for SR-IOV VF support [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add struct megasas_instance_template changes [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code Noriyuki Fujii (1): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: make driver PCI legacy I/O port free driver Yang, Bo (6): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: infrastructure to get PDs from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add the support for updating the OS after adding/ removing the devices from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the logical drive list to driver [SCSI] megaraid_sas: driver fixed the device update issue [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the IEEE SGE support to SAS2 controller [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add Online Controller Reset to MegaRAID SAS drive drivers/scsi/megaraid/Makefile |2 + drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c| 3827 --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h| 273 +- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 5253 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c | 516 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c | 2248 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h | 695 7 files changed, 8974 insertions(+), 3840 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/FB09F9AF3FE25444B277AA82BB35EE175F029149@LCHQEX03.lancope.local
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Jonathon, So far everything is looking good..We do NOT run a stock config so I have recompiled the kernel with our specific config and will run LTP testing on the system to determine if their are any more issues. -Buford From: Jonathan Nieder [jrnie...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:47 PM To: Buford Peek Cc: 666...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel block 624794 by 666108 tags 666108 + upstream patch moreinfo # hardware support severity 666108 important quit Buford Peek wrote: dmesg | grep mega returned nothing... Thanks. Support for this controller was added during the 2.6.38-rc1 merge window (commit 9c915a8c99bc, [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code, 2010-12-21). Could you try the attached patch series against the squeeze kernel? Instructions are at [1], and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official or the corresponding page in the debian-kernel-handbook package Adam Radford (5): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add MSI-X support and msix_disable module parameter [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Use lowest memory bar for SR-IOV VF support [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add struct megasas_instance_template changes [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add 9565/9285 specific code Noriyuki Fujii (1): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: make driver PCI legacy I/O port free driver Yang, Bo (6): [SCSI] megaraid_sas: infrastructure to get PDs from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add the support for updating the OS after adding/ removing the devices from FW [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the logical drive list to driver [SCSI] megaraid_sas: driver fixed the device update issue [SCSI] megaraid_sas: add the IEEE SGE support to SAS2 controller [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add Online Controller Reset to MegaRAID SAS drive drivers/scsi/megaraid/Makefile |2 + drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c| 3827 --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h| 273 +- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 5253 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c | 516 +++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c | 2248 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h | 695 7 files changed, 8974 insertions(+), 3840 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fp.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/FB09F9AF3FE25444B277AA82BB35EE175F029319@LCHQEX03.lancope.local
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Buford Peek wrote: We do NOT run a stock config so I have recompiled the kernel with our specific config and will run LTP testing on the system to determine if their are any more issues. Nice to hear. Looking forward to hearing how it goes. Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120331000209.GE3180@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Buford Peek wrote: This is a wheezy OS install running a squeeze kernel (2.6.32-41)..It tries to boot up but cannot find a disk and drops me into the (initramfs) shell. I am still at the shell so if you need any additional information, just ask. Sure. Can you get output from the following commands? ls -l /dev/sd* cat /proc/modules dmesg | grep mega Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120329165806.GC3147@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 Version: 2.6.32-41 Tried to install Debian Squeeze on a new Dell R620 platform. The system could NOT bring up the RAID Array. Could not get the error output ..but it was trying to use the megaraid driver. I was able to get this to work properly with Wheezy Standard kernel. I am guessing a packport of megaraid is needed. I have a working wheezy installation so I can give you any type of diagnostic information needed. Thanks -Buford
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
reassign 666108 src:linux-2.6 2.6.32-41 quit Buford Peek wrote: Tried to install Debian Squeeze on a new Dell R620 platform. The system could NOT bring up the RAID Array. Could not get the error output ..but it was trying to use the megaraid driver. That's no good. Thanks for reporting it. [...] I have a working wheezy installation so I can give you any type of diagnostic information needed. Great, let's start with that. Please attach output from reportbug --template linux-image-$(uname -r) on the working installation. Hope that helps, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120328192623.GB8982@burratino
Bug#666108: Dell PERC H710P is not supported by Squeeze Standard Kernel
Buford Peek wrote: This is standard Wheezy running on next generation Dell R620. running 3.2.X kernel. Thanks. Can you get the error message from squeeze, using netconsole[1], a serial console[2], or a photograph of the screen? [1] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt [2] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/serial-console.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120328213842.GI8982@burratino
