[plug] new kernels don't like scsi controller

Gavin Chester gavin.chester at gmail.com
Wed Apr 2 14:06:33 WST 2008


On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 13:59 +0800, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> No, it just boiled down to the lsi scsi card
> >being a showstopper for installing newest kernels, irrespective of
> >distro: suse 10.1, centos 4, ubuntu 5, etc all handled the card ok,
> but
> >not newer versions.
> 
> >But the whole issue is a moot point, because following advice
> elsewhere
> >has COMPLETELY trashed my mb bios and the machine seems fit for the
> bin
> >- unless there is a miracle (sob) See other post to come.
> 
> Would this be a 64-bit kernel?
> 
> Some of the LSI drivers aren't 64-bit clean on newer kernels and can
> lead to such lock-ups. openSUSE now excludes them from the 64-bit
> kernel builds but leaves them in the 32-bit version.

No, x86 kernel of all distros tried.

Gavin




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