New: Kernel panic while initializing HP Smart Array (cciss)

http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084

Summary: Kernel panic while initializing HP Smart Array (cciss)
Kernel Version: 2.6.0-test3
Status: NEW
Severity: blocking
Owner: [email protected]
Submitter: [email protected]

Distribution: Red Hat 7.3
Hardware Environment: HP DL380 G3, dual P4 2.4Ghz (hyperthreading), 512Mb, 2 x 36G discs in RAID 1, HP Smart Array 5i (v. 2.36)
Software Environment: No external packages, just using RH 7.3 .rpm. GCC version 2.96 (rpm release 110)

Problem Description:
During the boot process, the kernel will panic just after it initializes the "Compaq CISS Drive (v.2.5.0)":

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000019a
 printing eip:
c0216249
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002 [#1]
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c0216249>]    Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010202

EIP is at blk_queue_hardsect_size+0x9/0x20
eax: 00000020 ebx: df79e050 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000
esi: 00000000 edi: df7b0002 ebp: 00000000 esp: dff7bee8
ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Process swapper (pid:1, threadinfo=dff7a000 task=c1527000)

Stack: (lots of hexas)
Call: Trace:
 [<c0387944>] cciss_init_one+0x4d4/0x510
 [<c018b40c>] sysfs_create+0x5c/0x80
 [<c01f6dcc>] pci_device_probe_static+0x2c/0x50

(..)
<0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

I have the whole message as a screenshot, which i can send to anyone interested.

Steps to reproduce:
Compile the kernel with Compaq Smart Array 5xxx suport and boot. Using the same .config file i was able to compile a 2.6.0-test2 which worked fine.