linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 6.8.4 regression: aacraid controller not initialized any more, system boot hangs

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Message-ID: <f08ad152-eefa-4748-8a71-6b84117e19b3@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 15:23:44 +0200
From: Peter Schneider <pschneider1968@...glemail.com>
To: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, regressions@...mhuis.info,
 regressions@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: Kernel 6.8.4 regression: aacraid controller not initialized any
 more, system boot hangs

Hi Martin,

Am 14.05.2024 um 14:54 schrieb Martin K. Petersen:
> 
> Peter,
> 
>> Did you have any chance to look into this in more depth? Do you need
>> more information from me to tackle this issue? I'm not a kernel
>> developer, just a user, but I guess with proper instruction I would be
>> able to compile and test patches.
> 
> I am afraid I haven't had a time to look further into this yet due to
> travel. The annual LSF/MM/BPF conference is taking place this week. I
> will get back to you as soon as possible.

Ok, great, so have a good time whereever this conference is going to take place! It isn't 
very urgent, because in the meantime I can just continue to use the 6.5.13 kernel on my 
Proxmox machine. I just wanted to ping you again so this wouldn't fall through the cracks.

> Before I make any recommendations wrt. firmware updates I would like to
> understand why a change intended to make scanning more resilient against
> device implementation errors has had the opposite effect. Especially
> since the change in question reverts to how Linux has scanned for
> devices for decades.

I'll leave everything as it is now, and won't change the crime scene until you tell me 
what to do next.

Beste Grüße,
Peter Schneider

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