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Bug 742320

Summary: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.8.8: fails recognizing software RAID and hangs on boot if the root partition is on a raid volume
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Iade Gesso <iade.gesso>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST    
Severity: major CC: jstein
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=258959
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Purported Upstream fix

Description Iade Gesso 2020-09-13 10:13:21 UTC
Hi,
as reported by Arch guys, the 5.8.8 Linux kernel release fails recognizing software RAID volumes (in my case an Intel Rapid Storage controller). So, if the boot partition is in a RAID volume the boot process hangs and then fails, showing only the kernel rescue schell.

See here (a workaround is proposed too: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=258959


Iade Gesso, PhD

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build the 5.8.8 kernel and install it
2. Reboot
3. Hangs...
Comment 1 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev 2020-09-15 18:51:13 UTC
Created attachment 660438 [details, diff]
Purported Upstream fix

Can you apply this to kernel 5.8.9 and let me know if it fixes your problem ?
Comment 2 Iade Gesso 2020-09-16 18:46:18 UTC
(In reply to Mike Pagano from comment #1)
> Created attachment 660438 [details, diff] [details, diff]
> Purported Upstream fix
> 
> Can you apply this to kernel 5.8.9 and let me know if it fixes your problem ?

I will try it the next weekend. Thanks.


Iade
Comment 3 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev 2020-09-17 17:09:01 UTC
(In reply to Iade Gesso from comment #2)
> (In reply to Mike Pagano from comment #1)
> > Created attachment 660438 [details, diff] [details, diff] [details, diff]
> > Purported Upstream fix
> > 
> > Can you apply this to kernel 5.8.9 and let me know if it fixes your problem ?
> 
> I will try it the next weekend. Thanks.
> 
> 
> Iade

Can you try vanilla-5.8.10 or gentoo-sources-5.8.10? This patch is included.

-Mike
Comment 4 Iade Gesso 2020-11-28 20:56:22 UTC
(In reply to Mike Pagano from comment #1)
> Created attachment 660438 [details, diff] [details, diff]
> Purported Upstream fix
> 
> Can you apply this to kernel 5.8.9 and let me know if it fixes your problem ?

Sorry, I was sure I've sent my answer... but this is not. Anyway, kernel 5.8.9 was not affected.

Iade