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/* solved */ kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30240]

Sun, 18 May 2008 14:29

paveo
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Registered: April 2008

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I had install megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1.noarch.rpm for kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.028stab053.10, but unsuccessful, reboot and kernel panic. Server is DELL 2950.

Any idea?

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30247 is a reply to message #30240]

Mon, 19 May 2008 04:23

vaverin
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Registered: September 2005

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Hi Paveo,

could you please explain, why you need to install any additional drivers? This our kernel based on RHEL5 and as far as I know it includes this driver. Are you tried to use it?

thank you,
Vasily Averin

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30249 is a reply to message #30247]

Mon, 19 May 2008 05:42

paveo
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Registered: April 2008

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Thanks for your reply.

My server reports the warning like this(Dell OMSA):

Driver Version 00.00.03.10
Minimum Required Driver Version 00.00.03.13

My raid card is Dell PERC 5/i Integrated, OMSA said my system's Firmware and Driver versions are out of date, so I want to upgrade it but kernel panic happened. Sad

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30250 is a reply to message #30249]

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:01

vaverin
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Registered: September 2005

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ok, thank you for explanation.

I expect the new driver was re-compiled incorrectly. Could you please show me the logs of this procedure?

The kernel crash messages are interesting for me too.

thank you,
Vasily Averin

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30279 is a reply to message #30250]

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:27

paveo
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I can't got error log from files, so I got some screen shots. Thanks Razz

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30296 is a reply to message #30279]

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23

vaverin
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Registered: September 2005

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1.gif shows the messages
megaraid_sas: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
insmod /lib/megaraid_sas.ko: -1 Invalid module format.

These messages means that the module was re-build incorrectly (or may be it was compiled for some other kernel).

You need to rebuild it again. You can use auto-build again -- in this case I would like to look at the messages.
Also if you wish I can explain You how to re-build thsi module manually.

thank you,
Vasily Averin

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30298 is a reply to message #30296]

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:47

paveo
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The problem module was built by dkms tool, I try to rebuild it with no effect.

Thank you very much to tell me how to build a working module Smile

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Re: kernel panic with megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 patch [message #30304 is a reply to message #30298]

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:59

vaverin
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Registered: September 2005

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First of all -- I wold note that you need to build this driver by the same comiler that was used for the kernel build.

Do you have RHEL5 host OS? If not -- You need to create new Container based on this template, and install the kernel and kernel-devel packages -- it contains the Makefiles and headers reuired for the driver compilation.

Then you need take megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-src.tgz tarball, it is included into megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1.noarch.rpm, in /usr/src/megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.16-1 directory.

Extract it by using "tar xvzf" command, cd to dkms_source_tree/ directory and look at the following files:
Makefile
megaraid_sas.c
megaraid_sas.h

Then you can compile the driver by using the following command:
make -C /lib/modules/<kernel version>/build \
SUBDIRS=<full_path_to_the_current_dir> modules

for example

# make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-028stab053.10/build \
SUBDIRS=/root/dkms_source_tree/ modules
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-028stab053.6-i686'
CC [M] /root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.o
/root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.c: In function ‘megasas_probe_one’:
/root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.c:2650: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
/root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.c: In function ‘megasas_resume’:
/root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.c:2881: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.mod.o
LD [M] /root/dkms_source_tree/megaraid_sas.ko
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-028stab053.6-i686'
#

As you can see it generates some warnings but I think it is not an issue in our case.

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