Fedora Core 5 Test Update: kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5

[Roy-Magne Mo]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 01:35:17AM +0200, Roy-Magne Mo wrote:
>  > This kernel did not find root on my system, probably because the
>  > cpqarray driver couldn't find anything or wasn't loaded. The driver is
>  > included in the initrd-image.
>  > 
>  > Hardware is Compaq DL380G1 with internal Compaq Smartarray RAID controller.
>  > 
>  > Browsed through the changelogs, but could not see any changes regarding
>  > this controller.
>  > 
>  > The kernel I'm running today is 2.6.17-1.2159_FC5 which boots fine.
>  > 
>  > Does thing give any useful information?
> 
> Extremely puzzling. I too looked over the changelogs between 2.6.17.6 and
> 2.6.17.13 and found no smoking gun.  The only thing that I could come up
> with was a possible ACPI regression. Does booting with acpi=off make
> any difference ?
> 
> If there's a possibility of serial console, grabbing the dmesg from
> working & crashing kernel would be useful for comparison purposes
> as that may yield some clues.

There is a possibility yes, I will see what I can accomplish with that
tomorrow. If my memory serves me right, I did not manage to detect this
controller with the FC5 installer either - had to go through FC4 install.

The machine is at a remote location, so I tried with acpi=off now, and
it won't come back to life, so that probably doesn't work either. I'll
try with a serial console tomorrow.