kernel panic-xfs errors

[Stan Hoeppner]

Emmanuel Florac put forth on 12/7/2010 12:00 PM:
> Le Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:20:17 -0800 (PST)
> blacknred <leo1783 at hotmail.co.uk> écrivait:
> 
>>  [<f894585c>] do_cciss_request+0x397/0x3a3 [cciss]
>> looks like the controller was wedged there?
>>
> 
> Yes, apparently your controller wrote garbage at the beginning of the
> filesystem... you have lots of trouble with these controllers, has
> anything special happened? that's weird.
> 
> You should try using a newer xfs_repair (> 3.x), for instance by booting
> from an Ubuntu 10.10 live CD, and see if it fares any better from there.

The answer for the one server is simple:  back out the firmware--flash
it with the previously installed version.

BTW, what need prompted the new flash in the first place?  I _never_
flash controller firmware unless absolutely necessary.  You've
demonstrated today why I practice that faith.

-- 
Stan