From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/1] cciss: bug fix, prevent cciss from loading in kdump kernel
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130416150041.ef8bac2a578c8cb0e5df4c49@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130415175906.GA16955@beardog.cce.hp.com>
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:59:06 -0500 Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> wrote:
> Patch 1/1
>
> If hpsa is selected as the Smart Array driver cciss may try to load in the
> kdump kernel. When this happens kdump fails and a core file cannot be created.
> This patch prevents cciss from trying to load in this scenario. This effects
> primarily older Smart Array controllers.
>
OK, this is weird. kdump and scsi drivers are pretty darn remote things
and I've never heard of such an interaction. Can you tell us a bit more
about how and why this happened? Is there something special about
cciss, or can we expect similar kdump interactions with other device drivers?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-16 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-15 17:59 Mike Miller
2013-04-16 22:00 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2013-04-18 14:20 ` Mike Miller (OS Dev)
2013-04-17 22:02 ` Andrew Morton
2013-04-18 15:19 ` Mike Miller (OS Dev)
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