Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: aacraid and large memory problem (2.6.0-test11) | From | Mark Haverkamp <> | Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:57:42 -0800 |
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On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 12:51, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Haverkamp <markh@osdl.org> writes: > > Mark> On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:35, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Booting 2.6.0-test11 on a machine with 8GB memory and using the > >> aacraid driver results in a hang on boot. Passing mem=2048M causes > >> it to boot normally. 4GB also hangs. 2.6.0-test8 booted normally on > >> this same hardware. > >> > >> 8GB memory, dual xeon 3.06mhz with hyperthreading, RedHat 9 on it > >> currently. > >> > >> Happy to provide details on setup/software, etc. > >> > >> Perhaps this patch in 2.6.0-test9 is the culprit? > >> http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/0-test9/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c > > Mark> This patch is what made aacraid work with over 4 gig of memory > Mark> for me. I have an 8 proc system with 16gig of memory and without > Mark> this patch I get data corruption in high memory. > > Mark> I don't boot on the aacraid though. > > Is there any way you can try booting from it and see if it's a boot > issue for you as well?
I set up my machine to boot on the aacraid disk and it booted OK for me. Maybe its a problem with a particular model?
lspci on mine says:
02:04.0 RAID bus controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21554 (rev 01) Subsystem: Adaptec Adaptec 5400S
> > I can try booting the one here from something else and see if it works > with that. > > kevin >
-- Mark Haverkamp <markh@osdl.org>
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