linux-kernel - Re: System "hangs" on kernels > v4.4-rc1

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Message-ID: <yq1io34ezoh.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:41:50 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	"Luck\, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-scsi\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: System "hangs" on kernels > v4.4-rc1 - mpt2sas problem?

>>>>> "Tony" == Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> writes:

Tony> The failure mode is very, very odd though. Shouldn't I have got a
Tony> "can't mount root" error?

The init stuff can be pretty patient when it comes to waiting for the
root disk to materialize. It's conceivable that you would have gotten an
error if you had waited long enough.

Tony> /me goes to find how to tell Dracut to add the mpt3sas module to
Tony> the initrd.

Great!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering