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