Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:38:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:38:17 -0500 Received: from itg-gw.cr008.cwt.esat.net ([193.120.242.226]:7185 "EHLO dunlop.admin.ie.alphyra.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:38:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 05:46:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paulj@dunlop.admin.ie.alphyra.com To: Brian Tinsley cc: Linux Kernel Subject: qla2300 driver stability, (was Re: 2.4.20, .text.lock.swap cpu usage?) In-Reply-To: <3E22356F.2000205@emageon.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Brian Tinsley wrote: > The 6.01.00-fo driver from QLogic. hmm.. > problem. I've had this driver running in my lab and at numerous client > sites for quite some time and have never seen it even burp. how hard did you push it in testing? in some configurations i've had to subject it to many hours of intensive IO (ie multiple concurrent and continious bonnie++ runs of varying file sizes) in order to get it to spin in qla2x00_intr_handler. but it will eventually hang given enough IO ime. (in other configurations, heavy sustained IO will lock it up in minutes, even seconds). > Interesting. Again, I've never seen this behavior, but I appreciate > your mentioning it. It's definitely something to keep an eye out > for. regards, -- Paul Jakma Sys Admin Alphyra paulj@alphyra.ie Warning: /never/ send email to spam@dishone.st or trap@dishone.st - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/