Re: 2.6.9-rc3-mm3 fails to detect aic7xxx

[K.R. Foley]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> "K.R. Foley" <kr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Dave Hansen wrote:
> >
> > > I just booted 2.6.9-rc3-mm3 and got the good ol' 
> > >
> > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown-block(0,0)
> > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > > unknown-block(0,0)
> > >
> > > backing out bk-scsi.patch seems to fix it.  I believe this worked in
> > > 2.6.9-rc3-mm2.
> > >
> > > -- Dave
> >
> > While I can't verify that backing out bk-scsi.patch fixes it for me yet, 
> > I can verify that I get the exact same error trying to boot this kernel. 
> > I too am using the aic7xxx.
>
>
> Were some earlier messages printed out, during the scsi bringup stage?
>
> A full dmesg dump would be nice.

Yes it would. Unfortunately I am not near the machine right now. I do 
know that there is not much info being displayed prior to the failure 
message listed above and I don't have a serial console on this system 
currently. I will be glad to try to dig into it further when I get home 
in a few hours.

kr
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