On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 03/17/2016 09:17 AM, David Thompson wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I'm getting bit by the recent 3ware kernel bug identified here:
>>
>> https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=10073
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301080 (for the privileged
>> few)
>>
>> In my case the hardware is a 3ware/LSI/Avago 9690SA-4I.
>>
>> For the time being, I seem to be OK running an older kernel (229.14.1),
>> but I know that's not a long-term solution.
>>
>> Any idea when the pertinent patch will hit Sci 7?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
> This is one of the unfortunate downsides to a bug for bug compatibility....
>
> Without an upstream fix, SL is very unlikely to apply patches.  Once it is
> fixed upstream, it should show up in SL fairly quickly.
>
> http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-community/#bug-patch
>

It will take a while before the patch makes it into the RHEL kernel, it
seems. In the meantime, I suggest you try the centosplus kernel referenced
in the CentOS bug report. It should work just fine under SL.

Akemi