From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Wirschell Subject: Re: Hard drives shutting themselves off in RAID mode Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:25:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20060615232542.6b085337@localhost> References: <20060613235316.7f982af7@localhost> <62b0912f0606140419s60c30535pbcc97c30ef99c50d@mail.gmail.com> <20060614215258.6aa76d0f@localhost> <87f94c370606151329y4132e53dgf964a093683435e3@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <87f94c370606151329y4132e53dgf964a093683435e3@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: dm-devel@redhat.com List-Id: dm-devel.ids On 15 Jun 2006, Greg Freemyer wrote: >=20 > In 2.6.17-mm there is a huge SATA error handler (EH) rewrite. Is is > planned to hit the stable Linus kernel with 2.6.18 towards the end of > the summer, but even then it will only have a few of the actual > drivers modified to use the EH infrastructure. Damn. I read about this in the LWN.net Kernel pages for may 17th. I figured that once it was in, everything would automagically be using it too (i.e. the drivers wouldn't need to be updated to the new system). Guess I was a tad na=C3=AFve about that. I tried 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 and ran into some BUG()s which went away when I just stuck to 2.6.17-rc5. > I would repost your problem to the lkml-ide list and see if they think > that the new EH should help you, and when/if your controller will be > using the new EH infrastructure. Looks like a good idea, thanks! Don't let that keep anybody on this list who might have an explanation for this be deterred from responding though. :) > Also, there is a ton of testing going on with the new EH, so if your > willing to be a guinea pig, I'm sure you will get a lot of support > from the dev. team and get your specific driver updated ASAP. I've been sitting on a non-functional array for almost 3 months now. Don't mind having weird issues a little longer if it means things will end up working nicely in the end (or I at least get a sensible explanation for what's wrong, so I know what I must do to fix it). Kind regards, Tom Wirschell