From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:27:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:26:50 -0400 Received: from femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.142]:47551 "EHLO femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:26:48 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:26:39 -0400 From: Tom Vier To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.5-ac3: qlogic corruption on alpha Message-ID: <20010529222639.B2090@zero> In-Reply-To: <20010529210958.A821@zero> <3B144A39.8471B53E@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B144A39.8471B53E@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:17:45PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 09:17:45PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Tom Vier wrote: > > i narrowed down some corruption i was having. it only happens on drives > > attached to my qlogic isp card. 2.2 has no problem, and in 2.4.5-ac3 my > > sym53c875 works fine. this machine is an alpha miata. it only happens when > > writing out a lot to disk. eg, untarring a kernel tarball, restoring a > > backup. anyone else see this? > > Is this reproducible? yes. by restoring a backup from tape. i tried cat /dev/zero > /dev/sdb1, but that wasn't enough to trigger any corruption (i correctly wrote all zeros). actually, now that i think about it, a good chunk of /dev/sdb2 was cached when i read it back, so that wasn't a very good test. i definetly get corruption under 2.4.5-ac4. > Other questions - is your machine SMP? How much RAM? UP, half gig. -- Tom Vier DSA Key id 0x27371A2C