From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:38:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:38:43 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:10769 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:38:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:38:15 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Nathan Black Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bolck Device problem or Compaq Smart array 2 problem? kernel -2.4 .0+ Message-ID: <20010129173815.C23061@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <8FED3D71D1D2D411992A009027711D671859@md> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8FED3D71D1D2D411992A009027711D671859@md>; from NBlack@md.aacisd.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 29 2001, Nathan Black wrote: > Here are my results. > > 2.2.18- works fine. 24 MBytes/sec at 100+ gigabytes (16GB looped many times > ( lseek64(FD,SEEK_SET,0) )). > > 2.4.0 release SMP and Uniprocessor with NMI on- Kernel oops. I can reproduce > if necessary( oops at about 700 MB) sometimes more, sometime less. (In > BDFLUSH if I recall) > > 2.4.0 release UniProcessor NMI off- Works like the 2.2.18 > > 2.4.1-pre10 & 11- Works but system becomes unusable(requires reboot) after > completing. Unusable how? Does it hang or oops? Does nmi and up/smp make any differences in 2.4.1-preXX? I did some fixes for cpq after the blk merge in 2.4.1-pre, and got reports that it works. However, I don't have the necessary hardware to test myself. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/