Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752558AbYJVDli (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:41:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751566AbYJVDla (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:41:30 -0400 Received: from ishtar.tlinx.org ([64.81.245.74]:53588 "EHLO ishtar.tlinx.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751174AbYJVDla (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:41:30 -0400 Message-ID: <48FEA0C5.5000802@tlinx.org> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:40:53 -0700 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tejun Heo CC: Smartmontools Mailing List , Bruce Allen , LKML Subject: re: Promise SATA-standby +selftest=hungdrive; Sil works... References: <48E1B8F8.3090205@gmail.com> <48E26BDA.8080804@tlinx.org> <48E26E61.2010705@gmail.com> <48E34BC8.3050009@tlinx.org> <48E6DE07.70706@gmail.com> <48EAAF2E.4060407@tlinx.org> <48EAB672.3010209@gmail.com> <48EABD07.6030506@tlinx.org> <48EABE8E.9070809@gmail.com> <48EBE263.8000500@tlinx.org> <48EBF7F7.8080908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48EBF7F7.8080908@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1887 Lines: 58 This is with 2.6.26.5 (there are multiple other problems with 2.6.27[.0]). The problem with the drive going "offline" doesn't happen with a sil_sata(3124) controller -- so no need to unplug and replug... I.e. when the drives are in standby, if smartd or a smartctl command attempts to run a drive self-test (short), I get timeout errors from the Promise controller (which hangs the sys if I try unplugging/replugging the cable to the hung drive). The drives correctly spin up to speed and perform the short-test with the sil controller. It would seem there is a problem with the Promise controller or driver? Tejun Heo wrote: > Linda Walsh wrote: > >> Tejun Heo wrote: >> >>> Linda Walsh wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Controller is a Promise TX4/300 >>>> Yeap. After the drive goes offline, does unplugging and replugging >>>> the power cable to the harddrive makes it come back? >>>> >>>> >> ---- >> No. It hangs the computer. about 2-3 seconds after plugging the >> drives back in. Did it twice to verify it wasn't a fluke. Verified >> drives removed from /dev, then >> plugged them back in -- was able to do about 1-2 ls commands on /dev, then >> keyboard goes dead. >> >> First time I tried unplugging the power cables and replugging -- >> that hung... >> 2nd time tried unplugging a sata cable and replugging -- that hung too. >> > > Ah.. okay, so the controller went bonkers then. Any chance you can > shell out ~15 bucks and try a sil SATA controller? > > >> Hopefully you won't need any more tests of this exact nature...? :-) >> > > Wasn't it fun and empowering? :-P > > -- 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/