Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:41 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/1] cciss: bug fix, prevent cciss from loading in kdump kernel |
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:59:06 -0500 Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> wrote:
> Patch 1/1 > > If hpsa is selected as the Smart Array driver cciss may try to load in the > kdump kernel. When this happens kdump fails and a core file cannot be created. > This patch prevents cciss from trying to load in this scenario. This effects > primarily older Smart Array controllers. >
OK, this is weird. kdump and scsi drivers are pretty darn remote things and I've never heard of such an interaction. Can you tell us a bit more about how and why this happened? Is there something special about cciss, or can we expect similar kdump interactions with other device drivers?
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