On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:09:17, "lafanga lafanga" <lafanga1@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 server which can be hung on demand with all
> the 2.4 series kernels I have tried (2.4, 2.4.1 & 2.4.2-pre3). Kernel 2.2.16
> runs perfectly (from a default RH7.0).
>
> I have ensured that the server meets the necessary requirements for the 2.4
> kernels (modutils etc) and I have tried kgcc and various gcc versions. When
> compiling I have tried default configs and also minimalist configs (with
> only cpqarray and tlan). I have also ensured that I have the latest current
> SmartStart CD (4.9) and have setup the firmware for installing Linux.
If you cat /proc/ioports does cpqarray show any registered ioports? I
think it has a bug that means it doesn't request_region() for the
ioports it uses and this means that any other driver that tries to
auto-detect hardware by probing ports can stomp on its toes. This is
certainly the case for EISA cpqarray controllers which is where I
found this. I sent a report into arrays@compaq.com or whatever the
address listed in the maintainers file is but haven't heard anything.
This bug _may_ only exist for EISA controllers - I couldn't test the
PCI version since the only machine I have with one in is running that
other o/s.
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