Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Frantisek Rysanek" <> | | Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:13:41 +0100 | | Subject | Re: block layer / FS question: x86_32bit with LBD, 20 TB RAID volume => funny issues |
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> On 7 Mar 2008 at 10:30, Andi Kleen wrote: > [...snip...] > > BTW your problems mostly sound like driver issues. Some drivers > > (and some controller firmwares) have problems with large block numbers > > > thanks for that hint, I'll investigate that too. > > The HBA is a Qlogic QLA-2460. Based on some past experience with > other brands of FC HBA's, I tend to swear on Qlogic as the reference > implementation of FC hardware. > And indeed it was the firmware. ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/
Until now, I've been using version v4.00.27, which is the last numbered version in that FTP directory.
Upon closer inspection, I picked the file called ql2400_fw.bin_mid with a timestamp from 12th February 2008. This one turns out to be v4.03.01 and it SOLVES THE PROBLEM :-)
It seems to work with qla2xxx v8.01.07-k7 (2.6.22.6) and v8.02.00-k5 (2.6.24.2).
My testbed server has passed some 5 loops of dd over the weekend.
Thanks for your help :-)
I'm installing a 64bit Fedora to give XFS another try...
Frank Rysanek
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