[Userland-team] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Bug #1441] cpqary3 driver is old and causes panic in oi_151

[illumos project]

Issue #1441 has been updated by Ken Mays.

Category changed from Drivers to oi-build
Assignee changed from Andrzej Szeszo to OI Userland
% Done changed from 90 to 0


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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: High
Assignee: OI Userland
Category: oi-build
Target version: oi_151_stable
Difficulty: Medium
Tags: needs-triage


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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