[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

[Michael Howard]

On 19/03/2016 09:21, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> On 17/03/16 08:05, Michael Howard wrote:
>> On 17/03/2016 01:24, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>> On 2016-03-14 22:14, Michael Howard wrote:
>>>
>>>> I didn't build an RPM  as I came
>>>> across a packaging problem, an aarch64/UTS_MACHINE issue I believe and
>>>> I had no idea how to solve it nor could I spend any real time
>>>> investigating it.
>>>
>>> I have put together some kernel rpms:
>>> http://ftp.redsleeve.org/pub/misc/aarch64/
>> Cool. Did you have any problems? make rpm-pkg failed for me at packaging
>> stage, with an error something like;
>>
>> |scripts/Makefile.fwinst:43: *** mixed implicit and static pattern 
>> rules.
>> Stop. make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 2|
>
> Speaking of the kernel, I seem to be having a problem. On the kernel 
> above, if I modprobe different SATA/SAS drivers, I get an immediate 
> kernel lock-up for which the only cure is the hard-reset (I can only 
> complete the boot if blacklist the drivers with the PCIe SATA card 
> installed).
>
> But here's the weird part - the CentOS 4.2.0 kernel doesn't have this 
> problem. So I'm wondering if the CentOS kernel has patches that 
> specifically address this, or whether this is an upstream bug, either 
> a regression since 4.2.x or a bug that manifests when using 4KB memory 
> pages.
>
> I have thus far reproduced this with a SIL3132 2-port SATA card and a 
> 3ware 9650SE-16ML 16-port SAS card. I don't have any other SATA 
> controllers handy to test with.
>
> Do you happen to have any SATA/SAS controllers you could try (or have 
> tried) with your kernel on this board?
I'll take a look later today, when I can get at some cards but I can 
confirm similar results with a Perc H800 fitted (don't ask), the kernel 
panics on boot but doesn't with the original kernel.

-- 
Mike Howard