i haven't tried your kernel yet -- i just have my own 2.6.22-rc1 based off the feisty /boot/config-foo, and i'm seeing the same problem (vmware 5.5.2)... i've enabled NO_HZ but booting nohz=off doesn't change the result. it looks like the mpt fusion device is recognized but somehow /dev/sda isn't created. i've attached some serial console output.
i haven't tried your kernel yet -- i just have my own 2.6.22-rc1 based off the feisty /boot/config-foo, and i'm seeing the same problem (vmware 5.5.2)... i've enabled NO_HZ but booting nohz=off doesn't change the result. it looks like the mpt fusion device is recognized but somehow /dev/sda isn't created. i've attached some serial console output.