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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/cciss.c22
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 94b51c5e0678..6374dc103521 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ module_param(cciss_simple_mode, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(cciss_simple_mode,
"Use 'simple mode' rather than 'performant mode'");
+static int cciss_allow_hpsa;
+module_param(cciss_allow_hpsa, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(cciss_allow_hpsa,
+ "Prevent cciss driver from accessing hardware known to be "
+ " supported by the hpsa driver");
+
static DEFINE_MUTEX(cciss_mutex);
static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_cciss;
@@ -4115,9 +4121,13 @@ static int cciss_lookup_board_id(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *board_id)
*board_id = ((subsystem_device_id << 16) & 0xffff0000) |
subsystem_vendor_id;
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(products); i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(products); i++) {
+ /* Stand aside for hpsa driver on request */
+ if (cciss_allow_hpsa)
+ return -ENODEV;
if (*board_id == products[i].board_id)
return i;
+ }
dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "unrecognized board ID: 0x%08x, ignoring.\n",
*board_id);
return -ENODEV;
@@ -4959,6 +4969,16 @@ static int cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
ctlr_info_t *h;
unsigned long flags;
+ /*
+ * By default the cciss driver is used for all older HP Smart Array
+ * controllers. There are module paramaters that allow a user to
+ * override this behavior and instead use the hpsa SCSI driver. If
+ * this is the case cciss may be loaded first from the kdump initrd
+ * image and cause a kernel panic. So if reset_devices is true and
+ * cciss_allow_hpsa is set just bail.
+ */
+ if ((reset_devices) && (cciss_allow_hpsa == 1))
+ return -ENODEV;
rc = cciss_init_reset_devices(pdev);
if (rc) {
if (rc != -ENOTSUPP)