<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I just upgraded the kernel of my IBM xSeries 330 (dual processors) to kernel <FONT size=2>2.6.15-1.2008_FC5smp</FONT> from 2.6.15-1.1996_FC5smp. After the reboot, unfortunately it stucks as below:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Using IPI No-Shortcut mode<BR>ACPI wakeup devices: <BR>PCI0 <BR>ACPI: (supports S0 S4 S5)<BR>Freeing unused kernel memory: 208k freed<BR>Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 368k</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><just stuck></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I think it stucks when trying to initialise SCSI adapter. The normal </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>messages when booting with 2.6.15-1.1996_FC5smp is below:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Using IPI No-Shortcut mode<BR>ACPI wakeup devices:<BR>PCI0<BR>ACPI: (supports S0 S4 S5)<BR>Freeing unused kernel memory: 208k freed<BR>Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 368k<BR>SCSI subsystem initialized<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:03.0[A] -> GSI 28 (level, low) -> IRQ 16<BR>scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 7.0<BR> <Adaptec aic7892 Ultra160 SCSI adapter><BR> aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Does anybody experience this? If so, what is your suggestion to solve this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Anto</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>----</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>