From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Schindler Subject: Re: arcmsr serious issues Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:20:44 +0000 Message-ID: <4A297E1C.90704@inf.ethz.ch> References: <4A292974.7020908@inf.ethz.ch> <1244212208.3922.6.camel@mulgrave.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from xsmtp0.ethz.ch ([82.130.70.14]:57318 "EHLO XSMTP0.ethz.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752408AbZFESYL (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:24:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, support@areca.com.tw Hi I used the gentoo-livecd and an installed system (Which I sent the .config with) Both kernels exhibit the very same problem. I'm sorry that the two don't mix. I have dmesg which shows similar behaviour. However, that machine just died (Power supply broken - it will take some time until I get it back) so I cannot post that data now. Cheers Benjamin Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, James Bottomley wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 16:19 +0200, Benjamin Schindler wrote: >>> Hi >>> (I'm not subscribed to this list, so please cc me) >>> >>> I tried to install gentoo linux on a areca ARC-1210 raid controller, >>> but >>> I'm having serious issues. The problem start on more heavy I/O with: >>> >>> arcmsr6: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 >>> >>> From this point, the system has serious issues. With xfs for example, >>> the following happens: >>> >>> arcmsr6: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0 >> >> This is an abort, likely triggered by a timeout. >> >>> sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK >>> driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT,SUGGEST_OK >> >> This looks very suggestive, nothing in the arcmsr ... or indeed any >> driver ever sets DRIVER_TIMEOUT ... it looks like a mangled result code >> somehow. It definitely lead to the resulting failure. >> >> Cc:ing Areca people to see if they have any idea. >> >> James > > I am QUITE sure the .config as shown did not create the kernel > messages as shown . One does have to enable the 'CONFIG_FUSION' in > order to use it . > > ... Snipped to show context . > >>> Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.07 > > ... Snipped to show context . > >>> Copyright (c) 1999-2008 LSI Corporation >>> sda1 sda2 >>> sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk >>> sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 >>> scsi 6:0:16:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 3 >>> Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.07 >>> Fusion MPT FC Host driver 3.04.07 >>> Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.04.07 > > ... Snipped to show context . > >>> # CONFIG_FUSION is not set > > ... Snipped to show context . > > Hth , JimL