Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758731Ab0GUVW4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:22:56 -0400 Received: from d72-38-7-254.commercial1.cgocable.net ([72.38.7.254]:1562 "EHLO max" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755657Ab0GUVWz (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:22:55 -0400 Message-ID: <13ec35777817500abfcc6c8da0224351.squirrel@thechecks.ca> In-Reply-To: References: <4C2F5ECB.1040505@kernel.org> <4C2F61AB.9030806@kernel.org> <4C317C04.20500@kernel.org> <4C32CE50.6010501@kernel.org> <4C341598.6040004@kernel.org> <4C34A1D5.1090202@kernel.org> <4C34B8BE.5080504@kernel.org> <4C44BD42.3030904@kernel.org> <7141c88bc8c27f26c2187252c0594318.squirrel@thechecks.ca> <4C45AF40.7030800@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:22:51 -0400 From: "Paul Check" To: "Mark Knecht" Cc: "Tejun Heo" , "Linux Kernel List" , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 72.38.7.254 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: paul@thechecks.ca Subject: Re: Drives missing at boot Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:51:10 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on max) X-bounce-key: openstreet.com-1;paul@thechecks.ca;1279747375;49b51fee; Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2106 Lines: 61 That's unfortunate. FYI I have continued to be trouble free, but my processor is a bit weaker than Mark's, although I would find it surprising that this would cause a problem. Also, FYI Mark, I have 12GB of Corsair RAM, and have it bumped up to the Intel XMP profile. P > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: >> Helo, >> >> On 07/20/2010 05:14 AM, Paul Check wrote: >>> Hey Tejun: I guess this is the same patch that you sent me to fix my >>> issue >>> with missing drives.  Good news: I've been through about 10 reboots >>> now >>> and no problems.  Based on my prior experience, I'd say with the old >>> setup, 10 clean boots in a row was probably less than a 1% event.  So, >>> it >>> seems that this has fixed my problem. >> >> Yeap, it's the same one.  I'm forwarding the patch upstream now but, >> Mark, please let me know the test result. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> tejun >> > > Tejun, > Looks like I had a failure today. First one in weeks and only the > 3rd or 4th boot with this newer patch file. One of the two drives > making a RAID0 wasn't found so /dev/md11 (constructed from /dev/sdd > and /dev/sde) couldn't be started. I did a cold reboot and the drive > was found. > > If it matters, and it probably doesn't, the failure came on a boot > which had a scheduled fsck to do of /dev/md5 - my main / drive. I > don't see how that would make a difference but I figure why leave the > info out. That's why the times are so much larger in the dmesg file. > (I think) > > dmesg attached. I patched the Gentoo kernel if it makes a > difference, same as I did with the earlier patch. > > mark@c2stable ~ $ uname -a > Linux c2stable 2.6.34-gentoo-r2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 18 14:09:48 PDT > 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz GenuineIntel > GNU/Linux > mark@c2stable ~ $ > > Sorry, > Mark > -- 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/