[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-11 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Hi Joseph, I am not sure if this is fixed. Dimitrenko changed the status to "Fix Released". I had asked if this was as intended and if there is indeed a kernel with the fix but have not gotten a response. I think we should proceed with further bisection. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-21 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I tried 4.11.0-11 kernel from artful and it too fails to boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-21 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Is the linux-image-extra mandatory for all kernels? I am asking this because 4.4.0-59 boots cleanly without the extra package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-27 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Sorry to be a bother. Any luck in further bisection? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-12 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Hi Joseph, Is it possible to provide me with multiple kernels with different bisects? I can then run through them in quick sequence and provide you an update. This was we can minimize turn-around time. Due to this bug we are unable to move to newer kernel that have security fixes for high

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-19 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I checked the latest released Ubuntu kernel (4.4.0-83) and it does _not_ have a fix. So I am changing the status of the bug back to "confirmed". If a fix has indeed been released please let me know where I can pick up a new in-development kernel. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-29 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Hi Joseph, Any updates on this? Let me know if you had a chance to generate another kernel after a new bisect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-07-05 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Is there a new kernel with the fix that I can try on my hardware? Please do let me know where I can download it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with PCI

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-20 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Kernel with commit 362a958e1fa81a134a18fba0af39375b9ae5d238 Fails to boot. ** Attachment added: "failure_screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1695780/+attachment/4899849/+files/kernel_boot_failure.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-07 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Thanks for taking time to look at this bug. Due to this nvme issue I am not able to go to newer kernels that have important security fixes. Here are the results. 4.4.0-60 (linux-image-4.4.0-40-generic-4.4.0-40.60): Boots fine but no nvme devices are listed under 'lspci'. I did check that nvme

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-08 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
360c486c91 works fine. Time to move to the next commit. ~# uname -a Linux nvme-dev 4.4.0-62-generic #83~lp1695780Commit7392f29 SMP Thu Jun 8 20:09:20 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~# nvme list Node SN Model Version

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-08 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Just to note, my earlier hardware is tied up with some other work. I moved my testing to another hardware with Intel NVMe instead of the earlier HGST one. But the issue was seen on both Intel and HGST, the only two vendors' NVMe we have in-house. Both servers are Cisco UCS C-240. -- You received

[Bug 1695780] [NEW] On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-04 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Public bug reported: My set up is a Cisco UCS c240 server with an Intel NVMe 1.6TB drive running VMware ESXi version 6.0U2. NVMe device is made available as a PCI passthru device and not claimed by ESXi kernel. This NVMe device when added to a Ubuntu 16.04.2 running kernel version 4.4.0-62 and

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-04 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-10 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I need a little more time to test the kernel. The hardware I was working on is tied up with something else. I am working on getting that freed up or get another identical one. Once I get hold of one I'll have the results. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-14 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I got the original hardware back. After new round of testing on this hardware (with both Intel and HGST NVMe devices) Kernel 4.4.0-62-generic commit: 7392f29e5ee5cb8509f20e5ce6cc1e360c486c91 exhibits the issue and kernel fails to boot up. Ignore my earlier result with the same kernel. This is the

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-05 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I just tried mainline http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/v4.4.70/linux- image-4.4.70-040470-generic_4.4.70-040470.201705251131_amd64.deb and it works fine with PCI passthru Intel NVMe and HGST NVMe drives. With the way our VM is built I do not have apport installed but I'll be happy

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-05 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Just to confirm, mainline kernel linux- image-4.4.70-040470-generic_4.4.70-040470.201705251131 works fine. Looks like the bug is fixed in mainline. Should I still continue with the bisect task with 4.8+ kernels? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-06-06 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
4.4.41 works too! ~# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08) 00:07.1 IDE interface:

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-09-11 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
I'll verify this new kernel in a day and provide an update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695780 Title: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-10-26 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Thank you for your patience. I now have the servers back with me. I just tried mainline 4.13.1 kernel as suggested by and it boots fine. All nvme passthrough devices come up fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2017-10-26 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
Would you be able to point me at all the ubuntu specific patches that are applied on top of mainline kernel? I can run some bisection on my side to understand what might cause the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1695780] Re: On VMware ESXi with PCI passthru enabled for Intel NVMe Ubuntu Xenial VM does not boot

2018-01-18 Thread Govindarajan Soundararajan
This was confirmed to be a VMware ESXi bug in their MSI-X code path for PCI passthru devices. VMware has fixed this bug in their latest patch. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is