From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Vasquez Subject: Re: Recurring qla2xxx crashes (maybe APIC related) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 07:02:05 -0700 Message-ID: <20080506140205.GB46493@plap4.qlogic.org> References: <48120F8B.7060005@linpro.no> <20080425171821.GK8849@plap4> <4815709C.3060502@linpro.no> <20080429211655.GA72811@plap4.qlogic.org> <4817970A.4030807@linpro.no> <20080429222947.GE72811@plap4.qlogic.org> <48182E8F.6000009@linpro.no> <20080430171810.GC80852@n6016av4ptjbf1.qlogic.org> <481EBBE4.5000005@linpro.no> <481F6748.80306@linpro.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from avexch1.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.115]:10480 "EHLO avexch1.qlogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754595AbYEFOCF (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2008 10:02:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <481F6748.80306@linpro.no> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Tore Anderson Cc: Linux SCSI Mailing List On Mon, 05 May 2008, Tore Anderson wrote: > * Tore Anderson > > > Anyway. The problematic box has now been running with FW 4.04.00 and > > MSI active for 60 hours now, so it looks like the old FW was the > > cause of the instability. I'll leave it running and will let you > > know if any problems occur, though. > > It lasted 72 hours and 25 minutes with the new firmware. More than what > the average was with the old one, but still not very impressive. > > I'm attaching the kernel log from the entire period. I managed to get an HS21 configuration (with 2422 mezz card) running within the lab (with latest linux-2.6.git tree) against some IBM storage. It's been running now for 12+ hours with MSI enabled. I'll let it run for several days (if no failures), then restart with 2.6.22.19 for a weekend run... > Now I'm running with the new FW and pci=nomsi. I expect this to work > just as fine as with the old FW - I will let you know if not. Hrrm... still haven't discounted some potential hardware problems... Thanks for the update, Andrew Vasquez