Hang on boot in isp with QLA2342 after upgrading to 6.3

[Alexander Sack]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Graham Allan <allan at physics.umn.edu> wrote:
> Sean Bruno wrote:
>  > Graham Allan wrote:
>  >> Sean Bruno wrote:
>  >> > I see that you tested 6.1 but not 6.2 ... if you could, can you
>  >> check 6.2?
>  >> >
>  >> > I'm trying to limit the code searching and that would help a bit.
>  >>
>  >> I'm downloading 6.2 now - should be able to test it tomorrow morning.
>  >>
>  > Also, have you tried cvsup'ing your kernel to RELENG_6 and recompiling?
>
>  No, I only used RELENG_6_3 initially - I can try RELENG_6 after base 6.2, I
> guess.
>
>  I did also try one or two other crazy things - like I noticed the isp2300
> firmware in ispfw changed versions between 6.1 and 6.3 so I tried rebuilding
> 6.3 but using the 6.1 firmware (basically copying asm_2300.h from one to the
> other). Probably a stupid idea to anyone who knows more about the driver
> than me - didn't help anyway!

Graham, from the driver error messages it seems that the card believes
you are on a switched fabric and that it most likely is logging into
the SNS server to lookup names/addresses for your devices.  Are you
sure that your switched fabric is setup correctly?  I missed part of
this thread so I apologize if this topic has already been hashed out.
If for some reason the host can not log into the SNS server and
retrieve entries from the database, then you are going to be hosed (I
agree the OS shouldn't be hung unless you are booting off the disk
connected to the failed controller, etc.).

I am very familiar with the ISP23/4xx chipset and I go digging more
but I was wondering if you have verified that your topology is valid.

-aps