From: Stef Simoens <stef.simoens@numericable•be>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel•crashing.org>,
linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: BUG in dma-mapping.h:218 // MESH SCSI driver not working
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:21:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA2B570.2010202@numericable.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7704005f23c1dfcbfdc8f1963b290d98.squirrel@www.loft5.bisse17-21.be>
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Hello,
Some time ago (July 24th 2009 my mailbox says) I emailed you and the
linuxppc-dev list about my problems booting from the mesh SCSI controller.
I just compiled 2.6.31 (actually, gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r10); but the
problem remains
I know that 2.6.33 is out, but as I didn't see any changes to the
mesh-driver I guess that the problem is still there ...
This is the logging I get when I boot (2.6.31):
mesh_abort(ef8501e0)
mesh: state at ef9eaa50, regs at f1010000, dma at f1014a00
ct= 1 seq=47 bs=4027 fc= 0 exc= 0 err= 0 im= 7 int= 0 sp=f0
dma stat=e0 cmdptr=2f8c2010
phase=5 msgphase=0 conn_tgt=0 data_ptr=0
dma_st=0 dma_ct=0 n_msgout=0
target 0: req=ef85901e0 goes_out=0 saved_ptr=0
mesh_abort(ef850280)
mesh: state at ef9eaa50, regs at f1010000, dma at f1014a00
ct= 1 seq=47 bs=4027 fc= 0 exc= 0 err= 0 im= 7 int= 0 sp=f0
dma stat=e0 cmdptr=2f8c2010
phase=5 msgphase=0 conn_tgt=0 data_ptr=0
dma_st=0 dma_ct=0 n_msgout=0
target 0: req=ef8501e0 goes_out=0 saved_ptr=0
mesh_host_reset
mesh_abort(ef8501e0)
mesh: state at ef9eaa50, regs at f1010000, dma at f1014a00
ct= 0 seq=6a bs=4026 fc= 5 exc= 0 err= 0 im= 7 int= 0 sp= 2
fifo data=c0
fifo data=01
fifo data=03
fifo data=01
fifo data=19
dma stat=e0 cmdptr=2f8c2010
phase=3 msgphase=1 conn_tgt=0 data_ptr=0
dma_st=0 dma_ct=0 n_msgout=6
target 0: req=ef8501e0 goes_out=0 saved_ptr=0
mesh_host_reset
...
[afterwards, it "disconnects" all the disks and then it panics as it
cannot find the root partition]
2.6.29 runs fine ... but I guess that at some point, I would like to
upgrade to the latest stable kernel.
The machine is a PowerPC9600 with a 740 upgrade card, 1GB memory, kernel
compiled with GCC 4.3.4 ...
Of course I am willing to offer you all assistance you need to help you
pin-point the problem...
Thanks for your help
Stef
Stef Simoens schreef:
> Hello Ben,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
>> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 00:18 +0200, Stef Simoens wrote:
>>
>>> I tried the latest 2.6.31-rc3-git3 (without any other patch).
>>> However, I have the same behaviour as the patched 2.6.30 (so: no BUG,
>>> but the mesh_abort messages).
>>>
>> Would it be possible for you to roughly find out at what kernel version
>> it stopped working ? (Some kernels may need my patch to avoid crashing)
>>
>
> I am currently running 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 (that's somewhere at the end of
> 2.6.29, probably 2.6.29.5).
>
> I compiled 2.6.30 as soon as it came 'stable'.
> In any version of 2.6.30, I encounter the BUG (dma-mapping.h:218).
>
> I didn't react immediately, I actually guessed that the problem would have
> been reported and solved in another 2.6.30.x.
> Because it didn't, I started browsing the mailing-list (and found your
> patch).
> 2.6.30-gentoo-r3 with your patch applied doesn't give the bug,
> but gives the mesh_abort.
>
> Before asking the question, I wanted to build the latest 2.6.31-rc
> available to make sure my problem didn't get solved in the meantime.
> 2.6.31-rc3 gives the same mesh_abort.
>
> Would you like me to try all the linux-2.6.30-rc?
> Could you give me your best guess starting-point?
>
> I know that there exists something as git-disect ... but I have never used
> git (there always needs to be the first time, of course).
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Stef
>
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Stef Simoens stef.simoens@numericable•be
+32 486 577 963 http://users.numericable.be/stef
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-18 23:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-23 22:18 BUG in dma-mapping.h:218 // MESH SCSI driver not working Stef Simoens
2009-07-24 8:52 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-07-24 11:55 ` Stef Simoens
2010-03-18 23:21 ` Stef Simoens [this message]
2010-03-18 23:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-07-29 18:22 ` Stef Simoens
2009-07-29 23:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-07-29 23:42 ` Stef Simoens
2009-07-30 0:52 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-02 8:52 ` Stef Simoens
2009-08-02 23:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-05 1:04 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2009-08-05 1:11 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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