qla2xxx fail over bug?

qla2xxx fail over bug?

[comsatcat]

Hello,

I'm doing fail over testing with a Qlogic 2344 (only using ports 1 and
2).  I've successfully failed over from 1 port to 2, then failed back to
port 1, however, when I pull both cables, then plug in port 2 or 1, fail
over will not take affect.  I am required to plug in both cables in
order to get the devices back online.

I got the following messages from the qla2xxx driver when I plugged a
single cable back in after pulling both:

Dec  6 23:05:26 fe-nntp-07 kernel: qla2x00: no more failovers for
request - pid= 2210820

This message would scroll continuously.

Any comments or ideas?  Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks,
Ben

Re: qla2xxx fail over bug?

[Christoph Hellwig]

> 
> Dec  6 23:05:26 fe-nntp-07 kernel: qla2x00: no more failovers for
> request - pid= 2210820
> 
> This message would scroll continuously.
> 
> Any comments or ideas?  Is this a bug or a feature?

There's not such printk in the kernel qla2xxx driver, so the bugs is
in front of the computer as you patched in a bogus vendor driver.

Re: qla2xxx fail over bug?

[comsatcat]

> There's not such printk in the kernel qla2xxx driver, so the bugs is
> in front of the computer as you patched in a bogus vendor driver.
> 

I apologize, the version of the qla2xxx driver was obtained from
qlogic's ftp site.  I assumed it was the beta versions being developed
at the qla2xxx sourceforge site as their ftp was referenced for updated
version (which I understand is the ones that get worked into the
kernel?).  I will contact qlogic directly.


Thanks,
Ben