On Tuesday 28 August 2007 12:39:04 pm MythTV wrote: > MythTV wrote: > > Andrew Burgess wrote: > >>> 3w-9xxx: scsi0: WARNING: (0x06:0x000C): Character ioctl (0x108) timed > >>> out, resetting card. > >>> sd 0:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C): Command (0x2a) timed out, resetting > >>> card. > >>> 3w-9xxx: scsi0: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x005E): Cache synchronization > >>> completed:unit=0. > >> > >> I had similar 3ware problems (but not running ivtv) > >> I worked around them by using the 'noapic' kernel parameter > >> 2.6.13 works for me without the parameter, newer kernels needed it > > > > The interesting thing is that FC6 worked fine with this controller ( and > > ivtv ). > > > > I backed rev'ed the kernel in Fedora 7 to 2.6.21 and the machine is > > stable again. No more card resets. The box also appears stable with > > 2.6.22 as long as I don't use ivtv. So to me that points to a bad > > interaction with ivtv and 2.6.22. > > Just a follow up on this issue. > > Fedora just released the 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 kernel. I noticed the updated > kernel also had patches for my ethernet card. > > IVTV has also bumped to 1.0.2 ( but changes are minor ). > > Running the updated kernel and IVTV, my 3ware lockups appear to be > gone. I am not at all sure what caused the problem to go away but I am > happy that it has.
There was a patch we took in specifically for an updated 3ware driver that addressed some dma issues, among other things. Could be what fixed your issues. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251729 -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
