Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423086AbWJVGjL (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:39:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423084AbWJVGjK (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:39:10 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:38596 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423049AbWJVGjI (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:39:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:39:04 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" Cc: linux-kernel , linuxraid@amcc.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3Ware delayed device mounting errors with newer 9500 series adapters Message-Id: <20061021233904.c2f40a5f.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <453A52CE.80605@wolfmountaingroup.com> References: <453A52CE.80605@wolfmountaingroup.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1441 Lines: 32 On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:03:10 -0600 "Jeffrey V. Merkey" wrote: > > Adam, > > We have been getting 3Ware 9500 series adapters in the past 60 days > which exhibit a delayed behavior during mounting of FS from > /etc/fstab. The adapters older than this do not exhibit this behavior. > > During bootup, if the driver is compiled as a module rather than in > kernel, mount points such as /var in fstab fail to detect the devices > until the system fully boots, at which point the /dev/sdb etc. devices > showup. It happens on both ATA cabled drives and drives > cabled with multi-lane controller backplanes. > > The problem is easy to reproduce. Install ES4, point the /var directory > during install to one of the array devices in disk druid, and after > the install completes, /var/ will not mount during bootup and all sorts > of errors stream off the screen. I can reproduce the problem > with several systems in our labs and upon investigating the adapter > revisions, I find that adapters ordered in the past 60 days exhibit > the problem. Compiling the driver in kernel gets around the problem, > indicating its timing related. > cc's added. - 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/