We have just bought a IBM x3250 server which has a "LSI Logic SAS1064E Fusion-MPT SAS" storage controller. I am using Live CD install version 2006.1. Standard installation goes fine: recognizes the drives, formats the partitions, installs, no problem, but when I reboot ... the booted system does not seem to recognize the controller. I get the following error: !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device ... !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected. Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell ... Boot() :: The module that during installation is loaded is "mptsas", but during boot of the system it does not seem to load this module (at least I cannot see it among the other dozen SCSI modules it is tying to load). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert LIVE CD 2. Boot using: gentoo doscsi nodhcp 3. Standard install (default options) 4. Finish and Reboot ... does not boot Actual Results: boots scans through a lot of scsi modules stops with the following message: >> Activating mdev >> Determining root device !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device ... !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected. Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell ... Boot() :: Expected Results: boot normally
I found out the following: The mptsas.ko module lives in /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/message/fusion/ Other scsi modules live under the: /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/ Could it be that the doscsi option is only loading the modules under "scsi" directory, and for that reason not loading the mptsas.ko module?
The reason this happens is that mptsas isn't in modules_load in genkernel. This will be fixed in the next version.
Don't touch the severity, please. It doesn't do anything to actually change its priority (or severity) for us. For genkernel, this is only a minor bug, really. Anyway, I'll have this fixed in 3.4.8 when it comes out, and in 2007.0, when it is released.
Thanks. I am sorry about the severity issue, as you said, for you is a minor but for me it was a show stopper.
Fixed in subversion... the updated genkernel will be 3.4.8 and should be released today. Once it is released, I'll reassign this to release@gentoo.org until 2007.0 comes out.
(In reply to comment #4) > I am sorry about the severity issue, as you said, for you is a minor but for me > it was a show stopper. How exactly is it a show stopper? You are (hopefully) capable of building your own kernel that has the mptsas driver built in instead of using the one that is provided on the LiveCD and installed for you by the installer.
Fixed in 3.4.8...
Were you ever able to verify if this was still an issue with 2007.0 or, more importantly, 2008.0 Beta 1?
I am sorry I gave no feedback. After you fix, it's been alright. I am using 2007.0 now and it is fine. Haven't tried on 2008.0 beta 1.
If it was fixed on 2007.0, it'll likely work on the newer stuff. Thanks.
