Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened meeting log 2011-03-23 20:00 UTC

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 03/29/2011 11:59 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On 03/29/11 07:17, Magnus Granberg wrote:
>> [22:55:55] <blueness> HP smart array, the CCISS driver is borked on 2.6.37 and maybe 2.6.38
>> [22:56:07] <blueness> this is a blocker to stabilizing 2.6.37 right now
>> [22:56:25] <prometheanfire> I thought that has been known for a while now though
>> [22:56:29] <blueness> if i can't resolve it, i'll make a patch to revert the commits that changed how the pci bus is read on those systems
>> [22:56:48] <blueness> prometheanfire, yes, but there's some confusion about it
>> [22:57:10] <blueness> some people think it works, i've asked chainsaw to confirm before i file the bug, he has the same systems
>
> I have a bunch of these too and would rather they not die after an
> upgrade. Anything I can do to help?

Yes.  I've been busy, but what we should do is test hardened 2.6.37-r7
and compare this to vanilla 2.6.37.4.  If it happens on both, then we
need to file a bug upstream while I revert the commits in .37 to the way
the pci bus is scanned for cciss.

This is popular hardware and I must solve this not only for both of us,
but others too.  I think Chainsaw has like 24 HP DL 385's.  I've asked
him to test but he hasn't gotten back to me.

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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Gentoo Developer