Re: [Xen-devel] megaraid problem on hp netserver lh6000 - ignorebiostables o.k.

[Manfred.Herrmann@xxxxxxxxxx]

> > More Info about 5 CPUs:
> > 1. Only "server1" has 5 CPUs (TEST1 1 CPU o.k., 2CPUs
fail, 5CPUs fail)
> 
> OK, so whenever you get a fail its a problem with the megaraid
> driver looping? 
> 
Not only megaraid, with builtin aic7880 enabled the
same behaviour.

More testresults with XenDemoCD 1.0:
All "pass"
- CPU o.k. (dom0=CPU0, dom1=CPU1, dom2=CPU2)
- networking o.k. (scp from dom2 to dom0 /dev/sdb1)
- megaraid drive access o.k.

> Can you bring the machine up using either NFS
root or a spare IDE
> driver?  I'd like to know whether interrupt routeing is totally
> screwed with >1 CPU, or whether its just a problem with the
> megaraid driver and the network drivers are OK.
> 
I will try it.

>
> Judging from Stephen's comment, it sounds like
there's a known
> problem with the megaraid driver. 
> 
> A sensible first move would be to upgrade the driver from the
> current version 1.18d to the latest 1.18k from the 2.4.25 tree.
> 
I will try it.

Thanks a lot!

   Manni