Re: 3ware driver and XFS kernel from SGI

[yocum@fnal.gov]

Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 at 10:01, yocum@fnal.gov wrote:
> > Does anyone have the latest 3ware driver (> v1.02.00.006) working in
> > any of the XFS patched kernels from SGI (cvs or rpm)? When I do an
> > insmod of the module, it locks up the system tight with the error "NMI
> > watchdog detected lockup on CPU 1" (or CPU 0, depending on what mood
> > it's in) and I don't seem to have the option of compiling it directly
> > into the kernel, for some strange reason.
> 
> I am using a snapshot of the XFS CVS when it was still 2.4.7-xfs. That
> version of the kernel comes with the 1.02.00.007 3ware driver. I have NMI
> watchdog enabled, too, but have not run into this error at all. But then I
> don't load my 3ware driver as a module, since I need it at bootup. Why
> can't you compile the 3ware driver with the kernel? Wierd.


I just got done doing that and it still dumped me into kdb.  I'm about to
hook this machine up to a serial console so I can grab the stack traces.

Do you have a SMP machine?  What mobo?  

Cheers,
Dan

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