Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762103AbXKNR4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757128AbXKNR4l (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:41 -0500 Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:2475 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750971AbXKNR4k (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:40 -0500 Message-ID: <473B36D7.8000205@rtr.ca> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:39 -0500 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Morrison, Tom" Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.23.1 - sata_mv (7042) hang with large file operations References: <45ED682A.9040408@garzik.org> <4728A816.8020608@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: 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: 1308 Lines: 38 Morrison, Tom wrote: > All, > > I apologize if this has been discussed - but I haven't been > able to find exactly what I am looking for in the discussions > the last few weeks... > > I am running Linux 2.6.23.1 and have a 7042 SATA driver running > (that seems to run very well) - it has the fixes talked about > between Jeff & Olaf (mv_sg_fill changes).... > > The problem comes ONLY when I am doing large file operations > (e.g.: just copying a file) to/from the SATA drives behind > the subject line 7042....it just hangs after about 10-15 > seconds into the copy... > > How large a file causes the hang - you ask - well, somewhere > between 100Meg & 500Meg... > > In all other respects - this driver seems to be working... > > Is there a known problem - or do I need to describe in more > detail? > > Thanks in advance for any / all ideas / questions /...etc .. Can you give me exact details of how to set up and reproduce this? -- Kernel version -- number/config/model of drives -- exact command line sequence to cause the failure Thanks - 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/