(cc's added) On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:44:08 +0100 "Aron Stansvik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello LKML. > > Under semi-high disk I/O (e.g. installing a compiled KDE), I get the > following (accompanied by seconds of lock-ups on the machine): > > [ 7727.345183] arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 > [ 7730.348776] arcmsr0: scsi id = 0 lun = 0 ccb = > '0xdfb461c0' poll command abort successfully > [ 8053.795943] arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 > [ 8056.799528] arcmsr0: scsi id = 0 lun = 0 ccb = > '0xdfb595e0' poll command abort successfully > [ 8884.592810] arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 > [ 8887.596392] arcmsr0: scsi id = 0 lun = 0 ccb = > '0xdfb56d80' poll command abort successfully > [ 8917.760216] arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 > [ 8920.763797] arcmsr0: scsi id = 0 lun = 0 ccb = > '0xdfb472c0' poll command abort successfully > [ 9074.106547] arcmsr0: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 > > This is my setup: > > 1 x MSI K8N Master2-FAR > 1 x Opteron 252 > 1 x Areca ARC1200 (sitting in a PCIe x4 socket) > 2 x WD1500ADFD in RAID1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux rubik 2.6.24-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 01:29:58 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modinfo arcmsr > filename: > /lib/modules/2.6.24-7-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.ko > version: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007/08/30 > license: Dual BSD/GPL > description: ARECA (ARC11xx/12xx/13xx/16xx) SATA/SAS RAID HOST Adapter > author: Erich Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > srcversion: 28EAD6AB49D4491CA04D465 > [...] > > I've read some previous posts here on LKML that it could be the Areca > firmware who doesn't like my WD disks. Anyone know if this is an IRQ > handling problem in the kernel, or if it's a problem with the RAID > controller firmware? > > Erich Chen (of Areca); have you tried the new ARC1200 in RAID1 > configuration with Raptor disks on Linux? > > As a side note, I can tell you that I first tried running FreeBSD 6.3 > (RELENG_6) on this machine, but got random reboots during disk I/O > (even with a kernel with KDB debugging turned on). This leads me to > believe that it might be a firmware issue, and that Linux just handles > it more gracefully than FreeBSD. > > Any ideas or advice is appriciated. This is my first post to the LKML, > so please instruct me if you want more information or if you want me > to take further debugging actions. > > Best regards, > Aron Stansvik - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
