[CentOS] CentOS 6.6: Lost connection to tape library

Wed Oct 29 06:11:20 UTC 2014
Mogens Kjaer <mk at lemo.dk>

On 10/29/2014 02:02 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> It does not look like it will matter .. that is the same version as is
> in the new kernel it seems.  (3.4.4)

I haven't used kmod-hpsa before, just the kernel driver.

There are two controllers in the machine using hpsa:

05:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6 
controllers (rev 01)
0b:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6 
controllers (rev 01)

One for the RAID 5 system and one for the tape library.

If I do:

lsmod >lsmod.(old|new)

on the (6.5|6.6) centos-plus kernels and:

cut -f1 -d" " <lsmod.old |sort >lsmod2.old
cut -f1 -d" " <lsmod.new |sort >lsmod2.new
diff lsmod2.old lsmod2.new

I get:

1a2
 > acpi_ipmi
9d9
< ch
31a32,33
 > ipmi_msghandler
 > ipmi_si

modinfo hpsa gives me:

old:

filename: 
/lib/modules/2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.centos.plus.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/hpsa.ko
license:        GPL
version:        3.4.0-1-RH1
description:    Driver for HP Smart Array Controller version 3.4.0-1-RH1
author:         Hewlett-Packard Company
srcversion:     CB1FFD5E52AEBAED14BF75E
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd*sv*sd*bc01sc04i*
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd00003239sv0000103Csd000021C9bc*sc*i*
...
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd0000323Asv0000103Csd00003241bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 SMP mod_unload 
modversions
parm:           hpsa_allow_any:Allow hpsa driver to access unknown HP 
Smart Array hardware (int)
parm:           hpsa_simple_mode:Use 'simple mode' rather than 
'performant mode' (int)

new:

filename: 
/lib/modules/2.6.32-504.el6.centos.plus.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/hpsa.ko
license:        GPL
version:        3.4.4-1-RH2
description:    Driver for HP Smart Array Controller version 3.4.4-1-RH2
author:         Hewlett-Packard Company
srcversion:     ADF4B03767C43E41961C9AA
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd*sv*sd*bc01sc04i*
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd0000333Fsv0000103Csd0000333Fbc*sc*i*
...
alias:          pci:v0000103Cd0000323Asv0000103Csd00003241bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.32-504.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 SMP mod_unload 
modversions
parm:           hpsa_allow_any:Allow hpsa driver to access unknown HP 
Smart Array hardware (int)
parm:           hpsa_simple_mode:Use 'simple mode' rather than 
'performant mode' (int)

Strange...

Mogens
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