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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened meeting log 2011-03-23 20:00 UTC
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:04:14
Message-Id: 4D928324.5060904@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened meeting log 2011-03-23 20:00 UTC by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 On 03/29/2011 06:49 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
2 > On 03/29/2011 11:59 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
3 >> On 03/29/11 07:17, Magnus Granberg wrote:
4 >>> [22:55:55] <blueness> HP smart array, the CCISS driver is borked on 2.6.37 and maybe 2.6.38
5 >>> [22:56:07] <blueness> this is a blocker to stabilizing 2.6.37 right now
6 >>> [22:56:25] <prometheanfire> I thought that has been known for a while now though
7 >>> [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
8 >>> [22:56:48] <blueness> prometheanfire, yes, but there's some confusion about it
9 >>> [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
10 >>
11 >> I have a bunch of these too and would rather they not die after an
12 >> upgrade. Anything I can do to help?
13 >
14 > Yes. I've been busy, but what we should do is test hardened 2.6.37-r7
15 > and compare this to vanilla 2.6.37.4. If it happens on both, then we
16 > need to file a bug upstream while I revert the commits in .37 to the way
17 > the pci bus is scanned for cciss.
18 >
19
20 Got it. Any particular type of borkage I should be looking for?

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened meeting log 2011-03-23 20:00 UTC "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>