From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Still having problems with sata_promise on all late kernels - shutdown too Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:37:03 +0400 Message-ID: <46C1316F.4010906@wasp.net.au> References: <46C11BBE.6010802@wasp.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:38430 "EHLO wasp.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752396AbXHNEhL (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:37:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46C11BBE.6010802@wasp.net.au> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Brad Campbell wrote: > G'day all, > > This has been happening on a lightly loaded box for a while now. I have > posted about it before. > The issue is now I've upgraded 3 drives from 250GB Maxtors to 750GB > WD's, it's just getting worse, particularly when the drives are loaded. > Oh, I forgot, I still have the problem where I can't shut the box down. The SCSI layer tries to sync cache on the drives, the 1st one errors out, and when the controller tries a hard reset on the port the box locks hard requiring a hard poweroff or a hard reset. (No serial console, sysrq, NMI oopser or anything else works) I have 2 boxes with sata_promise controllers and they both do this. Not surprising given they are both running late kernels (> 2.6.20) and both have almost exactly the same hardware in them. http://www.fnarfbargle.com/CIMG1029.JPG (I have posted this screen shot previously. It's still doing exactly the same thing on both boxes). I've played with options to halt and all the other things I can think of. I just can't get it to shut down cleanly and all 15 drives go *clunk* when I have to hard power off the box. Normally this is not an issue as it happens once or twice a year at most, but recently I've been doing some server room reconfiguration and have had to do a number of power cycles. Nothing like 30 drives across 2 machines going *clunk* to make your stomach turn. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams