The RAID card in question has reported an "SPD CheckSum Error" (bad ram?) during system power on so it's looking like this is probably a hardware or firmware problem and not a driver issue.
-J -- On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:45:38AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:21:35 -1000 Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > > [adding linux-scsi] > > > Has anyone else noticed this regression? > > > > -J > > > > -- > > ----- Forwarded message from Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > > > From: Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:38:20 -1000 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: difference between 1.20.0X.13 & 2.6.20 in tree driver? > > > > Hello, > > > > I just attempted to upgrade a system from 2.6.17 (gentoo revision 8) w/ > > 1.20.0X.13 to 2.6.20 (gentoo revision 4) with the in tree arcmsr driver. > > On the 2.6.17 kernel there are 2 ~4TB partitions that are visible on > > the system as /dev/sdb1 & /dev/sdc1. When the system is booted with the > > 2.6.20 kernel /dev/sdc1 is gone and /dev/sdb1 is properly reported as a > > 4TB EFI partition but fsck rejects the the filesystem as corrupt. Is > > this a regression or has there been a fundamental change in the way > > arcmsr represents the array to the block layer? > > > > Here is the info on the RAID card: > > > > Controller Name ARC-1170 > > Firmware Version V1.39 2005-12-13 > > BOOT ROM Version V1.39 2005-12-13 > > Serial Number Y605CAAVAR700117 > > Unit Serial # > > Main Processor 500MHz IOP331 > > CPU ICache Size 32KBytes > > CPU DCache Size 32KBytes / Write Back > > System Memory 256MB / 333MHz > > > > Any idea as to what's going on? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -J > > > > -- > > Under 2.6.20: > > > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER4: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 > > 2005-12-13 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( > > RAID6 capable) > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.00.13 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca > > ARC-1170-VOL#00 R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400995 MB) > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: > > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400995 MB) > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: > > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: sdb1 > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb > > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:16:0: Processor Areca RAID > > controller R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 > > > > Under 2.6.17: > > > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: 64BITS PCI BUS DMA ADDRESSING > > SUPPORTED > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 > > 2005-12-13 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( > > RAID6 capable) > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.0X.13 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: ARC-1170-VOL#00 Rev: R001 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI > > revision: 03 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400995 MB) > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400995 MB) > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb:<4>Alternate GPT is invalid, using primary GPT. > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb1 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: ARC-1170-VOL#01 Rev: R001 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI > > revision: 03 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400937 MB) > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors > > (4400937 MB) > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: sdc1 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi disk sdc > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: RAID controller Rev: R001 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI > > revision: 00 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 4:0:16:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 3 > > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 arcmsr device major number 254 > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > > --- > ~Randy > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
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