Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:04:28 -0700 | From | "Brett G. Durrett" <> | Subject | Re: megaraid_sas waiting for command and then offline |
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The machines are Dell 2900s, so the mobo is custom. From a Dell SE, "Dell uses a custom mobo that is Dell branded with the Intel chipset Greencreek.".
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Dave Lloyd wrote:
> Brett G. Durrett wrote: > > > > I have the same or a similar issue running 2.6.17 SMP x86_64 - the > > megaraid_sas driver hangs waiting for commands and then the filesystem > > unmounts, leaving the machine in an unusable state until there is a > hard > > reboot (the machine is responsive but any access, shell or > otherwise, is > > impossible without the filesystem). While I do not have much debugging > > information available, this happens to me about once every 6-7 days in > > my pool of seven machines, so I can probably get debugging info. Since > > the disk is offline and I can't get remote console, I don't have any > > details except something similar to Dave Lloyd's post, below. > > > > The only thing that the machines with these failures seem to have in > > common is the fact that they are almost exclusively writes - they are > > slave database machines with large memory and pretty much just > > replicate. The read/write machines seem to have less failures. > > > > I am happy to help provide debugging information in any reasonable way. > > In the mean time, if there are any known suggestions or workarounds for > > the problem, I would be grateful for the guidance. > > > > Here are what details on the controller. If you want additional info, > > let me know exactly what you need and I will do what I can to get it to > > you.: > > > > Product Name : PERC 5/i Integrated > > Serial No : 12345 > > FW Package Build: 5.0.1-0030 > > FW Version : 1.00.01-0088 > > BIOS Version : MT23 > > Ctrl-R Version :1.02-007 > > > > B- > > Which motherboard are you using? We believe that this may be a > motherboard specific issue. It appears to happen on a SuperMicro > motherboard but not a Tyan motherboard. > - 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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