Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-12-01 Thread Bob Tracy
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 06:22:50PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 10:16:28AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > > Just got a chance to try out 4.14 on an Alpha and look like firmware > > for built-in drivers are being treated differently. I presume you > > have a qlogic scsi driver.

Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-12-01 Thread Bob Tracy
On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 10:16:28AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:49:55PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:10:10PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > > Perhaps the subject isn't entirely accurate, but that's what seems to be > > > the case. After loading the

Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-12-01 Thread Michael Cree
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:49:55PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:10:10PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > Perhaps the subject isn't entirely accurate, but that's what seems to be > > the case. After loading the initial ramdisk, the boot process stalls > > (loops indefinitely) wit

Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-11-29 Thread Bob Tracy
Debian bug #883089 opened for this issue. Assuming there's a 4.13 or later Debian kernel for alpha available and anyone reading this is brave enough to try it, I'd be interested in knowing if it boots properly. Without a "yes, it works" from someone, I'm extremely reluctant to give it a try mysel

Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-11-28 Thread Bob Tracy
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:49:55PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > (...) > > Upon trying to reboot on my 4.13 kernel, I discovered *it's* now broken > as well, thanks to a recent udev update :-(. Now I get a bunch of > timeouts for all the filesystems (including the swap partition) not > mounted immedi

Re: [BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-11-28 Thread Bob Tracy
On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:10:10PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > Perhaps the subject isn't entirely accurate, but that's what seems to be > the case. After loading the initial ramdisk, the boot process stalls > (loops indefinitely) with "mdadm" complaining about not being able to scan > the disks def

[BUG] 4.14 cannot find configured disks/partitions

2017-11-23 Thread Bob Tracy
Perhaps the subject isn't entirely accurate, but that's what seems to be the case. After loading the initial ramdisk, the boot process stalls (loops indefinitely) with "mdadm" complaining about not being able to scan the disks defined in its configuration file, which is bone-stock. What makes th