CentOS - Oct 2005 - mkinitrd-4.2.1.3-1 unsuitable for 2.6.13+ kernels?

Hi all,

I have a Opteron-machine with the MPT SCSI-controller (Symbios 53c1030). 
At least in i386-mode, mkinitrd does not seem to build a usable initrd 
for 2.6.13.x (.3 tested) with this kernel. With 2.6.12.6 it works fine.
I have not tested this in x86_64 -mode yet.

The symptom is that mptbase and mptscsih load, but mptscsih does not 
discover any controllers nor drives, and things like

Booting the kernel.
Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
mkrootdev: lable / not found
mount: error 2 mounting ext3
mount: error 2 mounting none
switchroot: mount failed : 22
umount : /initrd/dev failed : 22
kernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init

occur.

I have been informed that there are changes to the mpt-driver options 
between 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, and that part of the menuconfig-screens does 
indeed look different.

So - are there any plans for an mkinitrd upgrade, either from CentOS or RH?

Alternatively, is there a workaround for this problem?
I have not spent much time picking initrds appart yet, but I will be 
happy to assist in testing.

Yours,
-S
-- 
Simen Thoresen, Wulfkit Support, Dolphin ICS
http://www.tysland.com/~simentt/cluster

On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 10:37 +0200, Simen Thoresen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a Opteron-machine with the MPT SCSI-controller (Symbios 53c1030). 
> At least in i386-mode, mkinitrd does not seem to build a usable initrd 
> for 2.6.13.x (.3 tested) with this kernel. With 2.6.12.6 it works fine.
> I have not tested this in x86_64 -mode yet.
> 
> The symptom is that mptbase and mptscsih load, but mptscsih does not 
> discover any controllers nor drives, and things like
> 
> Booting the kernel.
> Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
> mkrootdev: lable / not found
> mount: error 2 mounting ext3
> mount: error 2 mounting none
> switchroot: mount failed : 22
> umount : /initrd/dev failed : 22
> kernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init
> 
> occur.
> 
> I have been informed that there are changes to the mpt-driver options 
> between 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, and that part of the menuconfig-screens does 
> indeed look different.
> 
> So - are there any plans for an mkinitrd upgrade, either from CentOS or RH?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a workaround for this problem?
> I have not spent much time picking initrds appart yet, but I will be 
> happy to assist in testing.
> 
There is a new mkinitrd that will be in CentOS-4.2 (should be released
in a few days) ... it is mkinitrd-4.2.1.6-1.i386.rpm.

I don't know if it addresses your problem though.
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