Tested this kernel. It is NOT working, it has the issue. Extract of console log:
[...] Linux version 3.12.0-031200-generic (jsalisbury@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201402101715 SMP Thu Feb 13 14:58:01 UTC 2014 [...] [ 42.455969] scsi4: error handler thread failed to spawn, error = -12 [ 42.541170] mptsas: ioc0: WARNING - Unable to register controller with SCSI subsystem [ 42.630361] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000060 [...] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276705 Title: Kernel 3.13 fail to boot with LSI SAS1068E (Dell SAS 6/iR) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1276705/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs