Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:33:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:33:04 -0500 Received: from bitmover.com ([192.132.92.2]:28571 "EHLO mail.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:33:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:44:10 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: Steven Pritchard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3ware driver errors Message-ID: <20030324234410.GB10520@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Steven Pritchard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030324212813.GA6310@osiris.silug.org> <20030324180107.A14746@vger.timpanogas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030324180107.A14746@vger.timpanogas.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 974 Lines: 18 On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 06:01:07PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > There is a firmware upgrade you need to obtain from WD if you are using their > drives with a 3Ware controller. The WD drives were optimized for desktop use > and they go into a "powersave" mode of sorts which will cause them to disappear > and reappear mysteriously with all sorts of strange errors. WD is aware of > this problem and so is 3Ware. Is this for all WD drives or just some? I've got some wd400 drives that I've been using for a long time behind a 3ware in jbod mode. I have seen some errors but they seem to have settled down. Is there any way to know? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - 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/