Re: 3ware 9500 ("3w-9xxx") w/ dual Opteron (Tyan 2885)

From: ADH (swing_at_adminsend.de)
Date: 09/11/04

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    Date:	Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:45:33 +0200
    To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    
    

    Hi Ed,

    can You provide more infos on the oops You encountered.

    ciao
    andi

    Ed Hill wrote:

    > Hi folks,
    >
    > Has anyone managed to get a 3ware 9500-series RAID controller working
    > stably on an SMP Opteron system? Especially with a Tyan 2885 MB? If
    > so, would you be willing to share your kernel configuration info?
    >
    > I'm trying to get a 3ware 9500 8-port card working on a Tyan 2885
    > motherboard (dual Opterons) and have been experiencing numerous oopses:
    >
    > - 2.6.[78] w/ the included 3w-9xxx driver and ext3 FS:
    > Results in kernel oops after 1--2 hours of writing to the
    > RAID array (happened four times). The oops appears to be
    > in ext3.
    >
    > - 2.6.8.1 w/ latest 3w-9xxx driver from 3ware and XFS FS:
    > Results in "Bad page state at prep_new_page" kernel errors
    >
    > When not using the 3ware RAID array (that is, the array is mounted but
    > no reads or writes are done to it), the machine is very stable--even
    > under heavy CPU loads and lots of IO to local (non-RAID) IDE drives.
    >
    > Any help/suggestions appreciated!
    >
    > Ed
    >

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