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From: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: Re: [SCSI REGRESSION] 3.10.2 or 3.10.3: arcmsr failure at bootup
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On 07/31/2013 05:15 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@fastmail.fm> writes:
> 
> Bernd,
> 
>>> Product revision level: R001 
> 
> It's clearly not verbatim passthrough...
> 
> Bernd> Besides the firmware, the difference might be that I'm exporting
> Bernd> single disks without any areca-raidset in between.  I can try to
> Bernd> confirm that tomorrow, I just need the system as it is till
> Bernd> tomorrow noon.
> 
> That would be a great data point. I don't have any Areca boards.
> 

Just tested it, areca-raidset does not make a difference, but the
firmware version does. After downgrading to 1.46 I have the same issue.

It is getting a bit late for me, but as this a pure development system,
which is also booted over nfs, I can investigate it tomorrow.


Cheers,
Bernd