linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24 regression w/ QLA2300

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Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:33:35 -0500
From:	"Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@...com>
To:	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-driver@...gic.com, Seokmann Ju <seokmann.ju@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24 regression w/ QLA2300

Andrew Vasquez wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008, Andrew Vasquez wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote:
>>
>>> commit 9b73e76f3cf63379dcf45fcd4f112f5812418d0a
>>> Merge: 50d9a12... 23c3e29...
>>> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
>>> Date:   Fri Jan 25 17:19:08 2008 -0800
>>>
>>>     Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
>>>
>>>     * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (200 commits)
>>>
>>> I believe a regression was introduced. I'm running on a 4-way IA64,
>>> with straight 2.6.24 and 2 dual-port cards:
>>>
>>> 40:01.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)
>>> 40:01.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)
>>> c0:01.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)
>>> c0:01.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)
>>>
>>> the adapters failed initialization. In particular, I narrowed it down
>>> to failing the qla2x00_mbox_command call within qla2x00_init_firmware
>>> function. I went and removed the qla2x00-related parts of this (large-ish)
>>> merge, and the 4 ports initialized just fine.
>> Could you load the (default 2.6.24) driver with
>> ql2xextended_error_logging modules parameter set:
>>
>> 	# insmod qla2xxx ql2xextended_error_logging=1
>>
>> and send the resultant kernel logs?
> 
> Could you tray the patch referenced here:
> 
> qla2xxx: Correct issue where incorrect init-fw mailbox command was used on non-NPIV capable ISPs.
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/38240
> 
> Thanks, av

The referenced patch worked fine Andrew, thanks much! 

Alan
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