From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030459AbWAGOTf (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:19:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030460AbWAGOTf (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:19:35 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:28179 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030458AbWAGOTe (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:19:34 -0500 Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:19:33 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Robert Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.13.4 aacraid: Partitioning array makes adapter go "dead" Message-ID: <20060107141933.GJ3774@stusta.de> References: <435BF66B.7040508@cs.indiana.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <435BF66B.7040508@cs.indiana.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 03:45:31PM -0500, Robert Jones wrote: >... > Here's some information regarding the machine I'm having the problem with: > 2-Way Dual-Core AMD Opteron 275's > 8GB Reg ECC > Tyan 2882-D (K8SD-Pro) motherboard (AMD-8000 series chipset) > 2 Seagate ST336754LC's, updated to latest firmware (0004) > Adaptec 2230S (updated to latest firmware, 8205) > > The machine boots wonderfully with any kernel I have tried (2.6.9, > 2.6.12.9, 2.6.13.4, 2.6.14-rc5; all kernels are vanilla kernels) and > binds the array to /dev/sda, so long as the array is unpartitioned. > Here's what the kernel reports when booting: Is this problem still present in kernel 2.6.15? > SCSI device sda: 71619584 512-byte hdwr sectors (36669 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sda: got wrong page > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > SCSI device sda: 71619584 512-byte hdwr sectors (36669 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sda: got wrong page > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > sda: unknown partition table > Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 > > ----------- > > However, once I partition the array things begin to go wrong. While the > partitioning succeeds, any point after this aacraid will state the > controller is "dead". Here's what the kernel is telling me at this point: > > ----------- > > SCSI device sda: 71619584 512-byte hdwr sectors (36669 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sda: got wrong page > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 > SCSI device sda: 71619584 512-byte hdwr sectors (36669 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sda: got wrong page > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 > > ----------- > > This looks fine too, however, when I reboot or try to access the array > directly such as a mke2fs /dev/sda1, the kernel says this: > > ----------- > > aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang ? > aacraid: Host adapter appears dead > scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 > id 0 lun 0 > sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x6000000 > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 63 > Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0 > scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device > Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0 > scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device > Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 64 > scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to offline device > Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 64 > > ----------- > > The same machine will install Win2K w/ Adaptec's driver just fine, so I > think the hardware is okay. I went ahead and pulled Adaptec's "official" > aacraid implementation and replaced the "vanilla" implementation in > 2.6.9 with it. Unfortunately, this did not seem to help. > > Also, if I remove the partitions aacraid is happy again and will bind > the array into /dev/sda as before. It's only after partitioning do > things go bad. >... > Thanks, > Robert cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed