Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 08/01/2013 06:04 PM, Nix wrote: On 1 Aug 2013, Bernd Schubert verbalised: On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Nix
On 1 Aug 2013, Bernd Schubert verbalised: > On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: >> On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: >> >>> On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: > Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked > for.

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Nix
On 1 Aug 2013, Bernd Schubert verbalised: On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-08-01 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 08/01/2013 06:04 PM, Nix wrote: On 1 Aug 2013, Bernd Schubert verbalised: On 07/30/2013 11:20 PM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-31 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/31/2013 05:15 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: >> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert writes: > > Bernd, > >>> Product revision level: R001 > > It's clearly not verbatim passthrough... > > Bernd> Besides the firmware, the difference might be that I'm exporting > Bernd> single disks without any

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-31 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/31/2013 05:15 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: Bernd == Bernd Schubert bernd.schub...@fastmail.fm writes: Bernd, Product revision level: R001 It's clearly not verbatim passthrough... Bernd Besides the firmware, the difference might be that I'm exporting Bernd single disks without

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Nick" == Nick Alcock writes: Nick> in which case we don't actually know that your Areca controller Nick> supports the VPD page we thought it did: quite possibly only this Nick> underlying disk does. The ATA Information VPD page is created by the SCSI-ATA Translation layer. The controller

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert writes: Bernd, >> Product revision level: R001 It's clearly not verbatim passthrough... Bernd> Besides the firmware, the difference might be that I'm exporting Bernd> single disks without any areca-raidset in between. I can try to Bernd> confirm that

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Doug" == Douglas Gilbert writes: Doug> I just examined a more recent Areca SAS RAID controller and would Doug> describe it as the SCSI device from hell. One solution to this Doug> problem is to modify the arcmsr driver so it returns a more Doug> consistent set of lies to the management

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Nick Alcock
On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: > On 07/30/2013 01:34 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: >> (wheezy)fslab1:~# sg_inq -v /dev/sdc >> inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00 >> standard INQUIRY: >> inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 60 00 >> PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x05 [SPC-3] >>

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Nix
On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: > On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: >> On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: >> >>> Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked >>> for. >> >> Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of >> the same company!)

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of the same company!) I didn't realise the original fix was actually implemented

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 01:34 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: "Nix" == Nix writes: Bernd, Nix> I can now confirm that reverting this commit causes this problem to Nix> go away, and my machine boots fine again. Can you please send me the output of sq_inq with your 1.49 firmware? I made a tweak that

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 01:34 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: Nix == Nix n...@esperi.org.uk writes: Bernd, Nix I can now confirm that reverting this commit causes this problem to Nix go away, and my machine boots fine again. Can you please send me the output of sq_inq with your 1.49 firmware? I made a

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of the same company!) I didn't realise the original fix was actually implemented

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Nix
On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 02:56 AM, Nix wrote: On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of the same company!) I didn't

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Nick Alcock
On 30 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: On 07/30/2013 01:34 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: (wheezy)fslab1:~# sg_inq -v /dev/sdc inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00 standard INQUIRY: inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 60 00 PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x05 [SPC-3] [AERC=0]

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Doug == Douglas Gilbert dgilb...@interlog.com writes: Doug I just examined a more recent Areca SAS RAID controller and would Doug describe it as the SCSI device from hell. One solution to this Doug problem is to modify the arcmsr driver so it returns a more Doug consistent set of lies to the

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Bernd == Bernd Schubert bernd.schub...@fastmail.fm writes: Bernd, Product revision level: R001 It's clearly not verbatim passthrough... Bernd Besides the firmware, the difference might be that I'm exporting Bernd single disks without any areca-raidset in between. I can try to Bernd confirm

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-30 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Nick == Nick Alcock nick.alc...@esperi.org.uk writes: Nick in which case we don't actually know that your Areca controller Nick supports the VPD page we thought it did: quite possibly only this Nick underlying disk does. The ATA Information VPD page is created by the SCSI-ATA Translation layer.

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: > Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked > for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of the same company!) I didn't realise the original fix was actually implemented to allow Bernd, with a different

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Douglas Gilbert
On 13-07-29 05:09 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert uttered the following: On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Nix" == Nix writes: Bernd, Nix> I can now confirm that reverting this commit causes this problem to Nix> go away, and my machine boots fine again. Can you please send me the output of sq_inq with your 1.49 firmware? I made a tweak that allowed Nix to boot but we're trying to find a

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert uttered the following: > On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: >> On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: >> >>> Hi Nick, >>> >>> On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device command of

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Nix" == Nix writes: Nix> spindle:/boot# sg_vpd --page=0x89 /dev/sda ATA information VPD Nix> page: fetching VPD page failed Please add -v I'll also need the output of: # sg_vpd -vl Nix> I'll try rebooting into a kernel with that commit reverted next. Doesn't matter as far as the sg

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert spake thusly: > Could you try to run these commands with 3.10.1? > > # # check if reporting opcodes works > # sg_opcodes -v -n /dev/sdX spindle:/boot# sg_opcodes -v -n /dev/sda inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00 Report Supported Operation Codes cmd: a3 0c 00 00

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert spake thusly: > On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: >> On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: >>> I tested this patch with ARC-1260 and F/W V1.49, no issues. Also, this >>> patch is only in 3.10.3, but not yet in 3.10.1. >> >> ... and I see this problem with 3.10.3 but

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert writes: Bernd> I tested this patch with ARC-1260 and F/W V1.49, no issues. It could be due to the firmware version discrepancy. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Nick" == Nick Alcock writes: Nick> My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I Nick> upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Nick> [ 0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 & Model Nick> ARC-1210 [ 0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Nick>

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.num_resets=0, num_[...]

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: > Hi Nick, > > On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: >> arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 >> arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 >> arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.num_resets=0, num_[...] >> >> arcmsr0: wait 'abort

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Bernd Schubert
Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Instead of [0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 & Model ARC-1210 [0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter

[SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nick Alcock
My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Instead of [0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 & Model ARC-1210 [0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2010/08/05

[SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nick Alcock
My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Instead of [0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 Model ARC-1210 [0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2010/08/05

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Bernd Schubert
Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Instead of [0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 Model ARC-1210 [0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.num_resets=0, num_[...] arcmsr0: wait 'abort all

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Bernd Schubert
On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.num_resets=0, num_[...]

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Nick == Nick Alcock n...@esperi.org.uk writes: Nick My server's ARC-1210 has been working fine for years, but when I Nick upgraded from 3.10.1, it started failing: Nick [ 0.784044] Areca RAID Controller0: F/W V1.46 2009-01-06 Model Nick ARC-1210 [ 0.804028] scsi0 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Bernd == Bernd Schubert bernd.schub...@fastmail.fm writes: Bernd I tested this patch with ARC-1260 and F/W V1.49, no issues. It could be due to the firmware version discrepancy. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert spake thusly: On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: I tested this patch with ARC-1260 and F/W V1.49, no issues. Also, this patch is only in 3.10.3, but not yet in 3.10.1. ... and I see this problem with 3.10.3 but not 3.10.1.

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert spake thusly: Could you try to run these commands with 3.10.1? # # check if reporting opcodes works # sg_opcodes -v -n /dev/sdX spindle:/boot# sg_opcodes -v -n /dev/sda inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00 Report Supported Operation Codes cmd: a3 0c 00 00 00

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Nix == Nix n...@esperi.org.uk writes: Nix spindle:/boot# sg_vpd --page=0x89 /dev/sda ATA information VPD Nix page: fetching VPD page failed Please add -v I'll also need the output of: # sg_vpd -vl Nix I'll try rebooting into a kernel with that commit reverted next. Doesn't matter as far

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert uttered the following: On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Nix == Nix n...@esperi.org.uk writes: Bernd, Nix I can now confirm that reverting this commit causes this problem to Nix go away, and my machine boots fine again. Can you please send me the output of sq_inq with your 1.49 firmware? I made a tweak that allowed Nix to boot but we're trying to

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Douglas Gilbert
On 13-07-29 05:09 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert uttered the following: On 07/29/2013 03:05 PM, Nix wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, Bernd Schubert said: Hi Nick, On 07/29/2013 12:10 PM, Nick Alcock wrote: arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 1 arcmsr0: abort device

Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup / early userspace transition

2013-07-29 Thread Nix
On 30 Jul 2013, Douglas Gilbert outgrape: Please supply the information that Martin Petersen asked for. Did it in private IRC (the advantage of working for the same division of the same company!) I didn't realise the original fix was actually implemented to allow Bernd, with a different Areca