From: Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@ifa.hawaii.edu>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: difference between arcmsr (areca) 1.20.0X.13 & 2.6.20 in tree driver?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:37:54 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070410233754.GC24125@ifa.hawaii.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070403084538.eb390b29.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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The RAID card in question has reported an "SPD CheckSum Error" (bad
ram?) during system power on so it's looking like this is probably a
hardware or firmware problem and not a driver issue.
-J
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:45:38AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:21:35 -1000 Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
>
> [adding linux-scsi]
>
> > Has anyone else noticed this regression?
> >
> > -J
> >
> > --
> > ----- Forwarded message from Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@ifa.hawaii.edu> -----
> >
> > From: Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@ifa.hawaii.edu>
> > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:38:20 -1000
> > To: erich@areca.com.tw
> > Subject: difference between 1.20.0X.13 & 2.6.20 in tree driver?
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just attempted to upgrade a system from 2.6.17 (gentoo revision 8) w/
> > 1.20.0X.13 to 2.6.20 (gentoo revision 4) with the in tree arcmsr driver.
> > On the 2.6.17 kernel there are 2 ~4TB partitions that are visible on
> > the system as /dev/sdb1 & /dev/sdc1. When the system is booted with the
> > 2.6.20 kernel /dev/sdc1 is gone and /dev/sdb1 is properly reported as a
> > 4TB EFI partition but fsck rejects the the filesystem as corrupt. Is
> > this a regression or has there been a fundamental change in the way
> > arcmsr represents the array to the block layer?
> >
> > Here is the info on the RAID card:
> >
> > Controller Name ARC-1170
> > Firmware Version V1.39 2005-12-13
> > BOOT ROM Version V1.39 2005-12-13
> > Serial Number Y605CAAVAR700117
> > Unit Serial #
> > Main Processor 500MHz IOP331
> > CPU ICache Size 32KBytes
> > CPU DCache Size 32KBytes / Write Back
> > System Memory 256MB / 333MHz
> >
> > Any idea as to what's going on?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -J
> >
> > --
> > Under 2.6.20:
> >
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER4: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2005-12-13
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( RAID6 capable)
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.00.13
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Areca ARC-1170-VOL#00 R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: sdb1
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:16:0: Processor Areca RAID controller R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> >
> > Under 2.6.17:
> >
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: 64BITS PCI BUS DMA ADDRESSING SUPPORTED
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2005-12-13
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( RAID6 capable)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.0X.13
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: ARC-1170-VOL#00 Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb:<4>Alternate GPT is invalid, using primary GPT.
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb1
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: ARC-1170-VOL#01 Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400937 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400937 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: sdc1
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi disk sdc
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca Model: RAID controller Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 4:0:16:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 3
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 arcmsr device major number 254
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
>
>
> ---
> ~Randy
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
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