From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1P3RlU-0005cN-3o for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:02:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 059B7E07B2; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEF7BE07B2 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwe5 with SMTP id 5so5532632qwe.40 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:02:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=j2qNu7ULQ5DLKnEaJDfRnynjkgY118DxWKit9aQJmQw=; b=uNidfbySGKvcR7zy5XK9iVJ+ZPq3NH0y+LHhdLJiKZ1aP2oNpHbiTtBlFUF+Lh4rtp EMhTmzOBVR9sT3cZ8bALCOl3l4LKD2b3AnJP0voce1XB0/eer6nep2FvtJBDLAK4snmk nqH0oNmtxo/QjRYN0wb8gY0mmXXQ9ZLYwEtuo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mJPVKVVMDXOW9a7iG/1gaPDmFo3BV+LYZt9nqYqEczxMsk1jlAZcIvN6v6xcNIiRrh fZ29al6tHRU/1z4AuyWIGl+f3zKS6+5H2ekwToGy5LBHPrrGosg3XiWDC5D9MrKucnsA yx6cWg5VBWhXbSYT1b3iLYy3HiJK4nvbnwGCg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.60.131 with SMTP id p3mr9470580qah.119.1286362920498; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:02:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.229.72 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 04:02:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4CAC51F3.3080008@okit.de> References: <4CAC4414.40605@okit.de> <4CAC51F3.3080008@okit.de> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:02:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Where should i ask Gentoo/Xen/hardware questions? From: Maciej Grela To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 853156bf-7691-49e1-871b-bbbdae3ea5c5 X-Archives-Hash: 4332fcf9cb0d697a63aec2a95eec4d27 2010/10/6 Olaf Krause : >>> Hello, >>> >>> first: where should I ask the following question? >>> >>> We successfully operate some HP Proliant DL380 G3, using Gentoo >>> Xen-kernels >>> as Dom0 and DomU. >>> Now i tried to upgrade to Generation 4 and 6: >>> * HP Proliant DL380 G4 >>> * HP Proliant DL380 G6 >>> >>> Grub works fine. After selecting a kernel to boot, it is loaded and >>> starts >>> operating and fails some lines later with a kernel panic. The kernel >>> seems >>> not to find the HP SCSI controller (/dev/cciss/...). >>> >>> I made sure, that the kernel has build in the needed drivers as describ= ed >>> here: >>> =C2=A0http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HP_ProLiant_DL380_G5 >>> >>> Funny is, that the Gentoo boot images do work, for example >>> install-x86-minimal-20100216.iso. >>> >>> I use the iso images to boot the system initially, initialize the SCSI >>> disks >>> with fdsik and mkfs... and then mount the SCSI drives (/dev/cciss/...), >>> copy >>> a working tarball-image, populate the filsystem and then use the grub >>> shell >>> make it bootable. >>> >>> Attached is a screen shot with the error message. >>> >> >> Is this screenshot from a domU or dom0 ? If it's from a domU then I >> think that in Xen you have a different driver than cciss for the >> disks. >> >> If it's from a dom0, are you sure that you have the cciss driver >> built-in instead of a module ? From the screenshot it seems that it's >> not present at the point the kernel is booting. > > It is the screenshot of the Dom0. And yes - also for me the driver seems = not > to be available during boot time. But i am sure to have it build in. And = on > older hardware (G3 - generation 3 HP hardware) the same kernel seems to > work, mounting the cciss devices. > > Here is what mount says in the same kernel on a G3 hardware (sorry for th= e > linebreaks): > ---- > orion ~ # mount > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) > proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) > udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=3D10240k,mode=3D755) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,gid=3D5,mode=3D620) > /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 on /mnt/xen2 type ext3 (rw,noatime) > shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,devmode=3D0664,devgid= =3D85) > --- > Maybe the cciss driver doesn't have your controller on the PCI devices list. This is unlikely but would give the symptoms you are describing. Please post the output of 'lspci -k' and 'lspci -n' commands. Which kernel version are you trying to run ? --=20 Maciej Grela