Messages in this thread | | | From | "Atul Mukker." <> | Subject | RE: random failures with megaraid driver on 2.4.4 SMP | Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:54:39 -0400 |
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This issue has been acknowledged on 1M/2M controllers with firmware H.01.07 and H.01.08.
Atul Mukker Supervising Software Engineer RAID R&D American Megatrends Inc. 6145-F Northbelt Parkway Norcross GA-30071 E-mail: atulm@ami.com HTTP: www.ami.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kelly Martin [SMTP:kellym@fb00.fb.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:26 AM > To: Kelly Martin; 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org' > Subject: RE: random failures with megaraid driver on 2.4.4 SMP > > FYI, patching megaraid.c to disable 64-bit mode avoids the problem. > Apparently, the firmware provided by HP for this card is buggy in 64 bit > mode. System has run stably for two weeks after applying the patch. > Contact me if you want the patch. Thanks to Martti Hyppänen for the > patch. > > (Posted because I've received followup inquiries; please cc: replies.) > > Kelly Martin > American Farm Bureau Federation > kellym@fb.org > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kelly Martin > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:40 PM > > To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org' > > Subject: random failures with megaraid driver on 2.4.4 SMP > > > > I have an HP Netserver 1000r (dual Pentium 3) with a HP NetRAID-1M card > > running Linux 2.4.4 with the megaraid driver included in 2.4.4 that has > > twice now experienced kernel panics related to file system damage which > > appear to be caused by the megaraid driver going mad and scribbling > > randomly on the drive. We have using this same driver with 2.2.x > kernels > > on other uniprocessor machines with the same NetRAID card for over a > year > > with no failures, so it seems likely that this is either a 2.4.x problem > > or an SMP problem with this driver. > > > > This machine is slated to become a production system and I do not have a > > similiarly-configured spare machine, so I am not going to pursue this > > problem at this time. This card works fine under 2.2.x so we are going > to > > use 2.2.19 on this machine for now. However, doing so makes our second > > processor little more than a space heater. I have not tried using other > > versions of the megaraid driver or kernels other than 2.4.4; I simply > > cannot spare the time right now. > > > > I am not subscribed to the mailing list; please cc: replies. > > > > Kelly Martin > > American Farm Bureau Federation > > kellym@fb.org > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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