[illumos] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Bug #1441] (Feedback) cpqary3 driver is old and causes panic in oi_151

[illumos project]

Issue #1441 has been updated by Ken Mays.

File webrev.3881.patch added
Due date deleted (2011-09-14)
Status changed from Rejected to Feedback
Assignee set to OI illumos

A driver is being ported by Keith Wesolowski @ Joyent. This will supercede the current 'HP Smart Array HBA Driver 2.2.0.1'.

See: 
http://us-east.manta.joyent.com/wesolows/public/webrev.3881/index.html.

Related:
http://cciss.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/files/CCISS%20Interface%20Specification/
http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/4/ciss/

Current manufacturer closed source driver for testing:
HP CPQary3 2.6.0 driver

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Bug #1441: cpqary3 driver is old and causes panic in oi_151
https://www.illumos.org/issues/1441

Author: Bryan Leaman
Status: Feedback
Priority: Low
Assignee: OI illumos
Category: Drivers
Target version: 
Difficulty: Expert
Tags: cpqary3


oi_151 (and probably anything beyond snv_139) cannot be installed or used on some HP Proliant hardware that uses the cpqary3 driver.  An attempt to boot the oi_151 install CD results in a kernel panic in cpqary3_retrieve().

This was initially reported as an illumos issue:

http://www.illumos.org/issues/348

however using a newer HP driver seems to fix the problem.  

On a Proliant DL360 G4p with a SmartArray 6i controller, I installed snv_134 and then upgraded to oi_151a in a new BE.  Booting into that BE failed with a kernel panic with the 2.2.0a driver from dev-il.  Upgrading the driver to the latest version 2.4.6 available from HP allows the BE to boot successfully, and 24 hours of filebench load testing was successful without any problems.

It may be a good idea to update this driver for the 151 release.


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