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Bug 742320 - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.8.8: fails recognizing software RAID and hangs on boot if the root partition is on a raid volume
Summary: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.8.8: fails recognizing software RAID and hangs on...
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal major with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers
URL: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.p...
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Reported: 2020-09-13 10:13 UTC by Iade Gesso
Modified: 2020-11-28 20:56 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Purported Upstream fix (block-bdev_del_partition-fix.patch,1.07 KB, patch)
2020-09-15 18:51 UTC, Mike Pagano 		Details | Diff
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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