From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
To: greg <greg-dated-1184731565.7e0579@lucidsolutions.co.nz>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT][PATCH v7] sata_mv: convert to new EH
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:36:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <469771DD.1010102@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070713T053938-434@post.gmane.org>
greg wrote:
> dean gaudet <dean <at> arctic.org> writes:
>> if you've got any other workload you'd like me to throw at it,
>> let me know.
>
> I've had a few problems with the driver in 2.6.20 (fc6xen x86_64). The machine
> tended to lock up after a random period of time (from a few minutes upwards),
> without any messages. Performing a smartctl on all the disks, or leaving smartd
> running, seemed to speed up the rate at which the crash occurred. What I found
> was that by moving the sata_mv device onto it's own bus (or a bus with two
> sata_mv devices), the crashes went away. Are you doing tests with the
> controller sharing a bus with other devices?
>
> Is there an merit to my observation that it might be an issue with devices
> sharing a PCI-X bus?
Dubious. Just a flakey driver, though it's looking better today.
Cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-13 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-11 20:05 [RFT][PATCH v7] sata_mv: convert to new EH Jeff Garzik
2007-07-12 9:25 ` dean gaudet
2007-07-12 10:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-07-12 18:42 ` dean gaudet
2007-07-12 19:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-07-13 2:15 ` dean gaudet
2007-07-14 10:00 ` Tuomas Leikola
2007-07-18 9:23 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2007-07-18 16:40 ` dean gaudet
2007-07-19 8:40 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2007-07-13 4:09 ` greg
2007-07-13 12:36 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2007-09-06 16:10 ` dean gaudet
2007-09-07 22:44 ` Jeff Garzik
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