From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Hardcastle Subject: Re: Raid 5 - not clean and then a failure. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:11:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <936259.53228.qm@web51302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <4A93EB59.3060408@anonymous.org.uk> Reply-To: Jon@eHardcastle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A93EB59.3060408@anonymous.org.uk> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: John Robinson Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --- On Tue, 25/8/09, John Robinson wro= te: > From: John Robinson > Subject: Re: Raid 5 - not clean and then a failure. > To: Jon@eHardcastle.com > Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org > Date: Tuesday, 25 August, 2009, 2:47 PM > On 25/08/2009 09:40, Jon Hardcastle > wrote: > > --- On Tue, 25/8/09, Robin Hill > wrote: > >> On Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 12:54:49AM -0700, Jon > Hardcastle wrote: > >>> I have been having some problems with my > arrays that I think i have > >>> nailed down to a pci controller (well I say > that - it is always the > >>> drives connected to *a* controller but I have > tried 2!) anyway the > >>> latest saga is i was trying some new kernel > options last night - which > >>> didn't work. > >>=20 > >> Did they have the same chipset?=A0 I had > problems with PCI controllers on > >> one of my systems, which turned out to be some > sort of conflict between > >> the onboard chipset and the chipset on the > controllers.=A0 I found a PCI > >> card with a different chipset and have had no > issues since. > >=20 > > They are/were cheapy little via ones >=20 > That's your problem right there. Well, in my experience and > therefore opinion, VIA stuff is all too often junk, or at > least iffy enough never to be trusted with anything > professional or important. >=20 > [...] > > I have a pci express controller but my kernel doesnt > (yet!) support pci express. >=20 > *How old* is your kernel? >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > John. > -- This is what I am finding.. i plugged in a second controller and it see= ms to have nagered the first one such that I am getting 'port to slow = to respond' from the drives connected now. I am looking at my options. Once i get PCI-Express working I have optio= ns. I am also looking at port multipliers. (ps support is IN my kernel code.. I just ran down a trimmed kernel. Di= dn't need PCI express so i didn't enable it. now i do :) ) ----------------------- N: Jon Hardcastle E: Jon@eHardcastle.com 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its ow= n.' ----------------------- =20 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html