RE: 2.4.[35] + Dell Poweredge 8450 + Oops on boot

Matt_Domsch@Dell.com
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:22:24 -0500

> my config settings .. The settings, and kernels I'm trying (at least
> 2.4.3-ac9) work on other Dell boxes here, such as the 2450, and 6350
> (with same internals, ie the raid (dual channel) + nic)...
>
> Quick spec of the box is:
> Dell PowerEdge 8450
> 4x550 Xeon / 2gig
> Onboard Adaptec SCSI
> AMI MegaRaid Single Channel 16mb
> Dual Port Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+

Can you check the firmware on the PERC 2/SC? (You claim you tried a
different system with a dual-channel, but that would be the PERC 2/DC).
There's a bug in the megaraid driver for some versions of the PERC 2/SC
firmware which can cause an oops when the megaraid driver loads. It's fixed
by upgrading to v3.13 firmware, available by link on
http://domsch.com/linux. That *shouldn't* be the problem, as I don't see
the megaraid sign-on message, but it could be.

Also, the onboard SCSI adapter isn't an Adaptec, it's a Symbios 810.

Thanks,
Matt

-- 
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions
www.dell.com/linux




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