Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751214AbWIFUoT (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:44:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751236AbWIFUoT (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:44:19 -0400 Received: from 66-117-159-244.lmi.net ([66.117.159.244]:5762 "EHLO slick.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751214AbWIFUoS (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:44:18 -0400 Message-ID: <44FF3325.50805@imvu.com> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:44:21 -0700 From: "Brett G. Durrett" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Patro, Sumant" CC: Dave Lloyd , "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" , lkml , Berkley Shands , "Kolli, Neela" , "Yang, Bo" Subject: Re: megaraid_sas waiting for command and then offline References: <0631C836DBF79F42B5A60C8C8D4E82296A722A@NAMAIL2.ad.lsil.com> In-Reply-To: <0631C836DBF79F42B5A60C8C8D4E82296A722A@NAMAIL2.ad.lsil.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3539 Lines: 162 Sumant, Not sure if I am missing something - I appear to be running the latest FW available: Versions ================ Product Name : PERC 5/i Integrated Serial No : 12345 FW Package Build: 5.0.1-0030 FW Version : 1.00.01-0088 BIOS Version : MT23 Ctrl-R Version :1.02-007 Patro, Sumant wrote: >Hello Brett, > > A DMA related bug was fixed in FW ver *.0095 that was causing >the FW to stop responding. > > Please upgrade the FW version to >= *.0095 and let me know if >you still see the issue. > >Regards, > >Sumant > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brett G. Durrett [mailto:brett@imvu.com] >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:04 AM >To: Dave Lloyd >Cc: Patro, Sumant; Bagalkote, Sreenivas; lkml; Berkley Shands >Subject: Re: megaraid_sas waiting for command and then offline > > >The machines are Dell 2900s, so the mobo is custom. From a Dell SE, >"Dell uses a custom mobo that is Dell branded with the Intel chipset >Greencreek.". > >B- > > > > >Dave Lloyd wrote: > > > >>Brett G. Durrett wrote: >> >> >>>I have the same or a similar issue running 2.6.17 SMP x86_64 - the >>>megaraid_sas driver hangs waiting for commands and then the >>> >>> >filesystem > > >>>unmounts, leaving the machine in an unusable state until there is a >>> >>> >>hard >> >> >>>reboot (the machine is responsive but any access, shell or >>> >>> >>otherwise, is >> >> >>>impossible without the filesystem). While I do not have much >>> >>> >debugging > > >>>information available, this happens to me about once every 6-7 days >>> >>> >in > > >>>my pool of seven machines, so I can probably get debugging info. >>> >>> >Since > > >>>the disk is offline and I can't get remote console, I don't have any >>>details except something similar to Dave Lloyd's post, below. >>> >>>The only thing that the machines with these failures seem to have in >>>common is the fact that they are almost exclusively writes - they >>> >>> >are > > >>>slave database machines with large memory and pretty much just >>>replicate. The read/write machines seem to have less failures. >>> >>>I am happy to help provide debugging information in any reasonable >>> >>> >way. > > >>>In the mean time, if there are any known suggestions or workarounds >>> >>> >for > > >>>the problem, I would be grateful for the guidance. >>> >>>Here are what details on the controller. If you want additional >>> >>> >info, > > >>>let me know exactly what you need and I will do what I can to get it >>> >>> >to > > >>>you.: >>> >>>Product Name : PERC 5/i Integrated >>>Serial No : 12345 >>>FW Package Build: 5.0.1-0030 >>>FW Version : 1.00.01-0088 >>>BIOS Version : MT23 >>>Ctrl-R Version :1.02-007 >>> >>>B- >>> >>> >>Which motherboard are you using? We believe that this may be a >>motherboard specific issue. It appears to happen on a SuperMicro >>motherboard but not a Tyan motherboard. >> >> >> >- >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/ > > - 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/