Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:33:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:33:57 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:21187 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:33:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 14:36:18 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Anton Altaparmakov Cc: venom@sns.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IBM Desktar disk problem? Message-ID: <20020705123618.GA19690@suse.de> References:

<5.1.0.14.2.20020705114704.00b06a10@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020705114704.00b06a10@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1834 Lines: 48 On Fri, Jul 05 2002, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > At 11:40 05/07/02, Jens Axboe wrote: > >On Fri, Jul 05 2002, venom@sns.it wrote: > >> > >> HI, > >> I was trying kernel 2.5 with TCQ enabled. > >> I tried it on three Desktar disk (manufactured in Thailand > >> in february 2001) model dtla 305020. > >> > >> All three disk died after some week, without > >> any signal of being dying. > >> I was starting to suspect about an HW problem. > >> > >> With 2.4 kernels, no tcq, they could work > >> without any problem for almost 8 months, but now, > >> I moved those disk to test systems to test tcq support > >> and all died badly. This is not an heat problem, since > >> thay staty in a CED conditioned at 18C. > > > >This is a puzzling report. I wouldn't recommend that anyone use tcq in > >2.5 actually, since even I do not know what state it is currently in. I > >would seriously recommend 2.4 + tcq patches instead. > > > >That said, are your disks completely dead now? As in they do not work > >with a regular 2.4 kernel anymore?! > > It is puzzling indeed, especially since I am running with TCQ enabled ever > since you introduced it and my disk is still alive an kicking. It being a > Deathstar, too. Good to know, I'm glad it works for you :-) > On of my Deathstars actually broke (before TCQ came about though!) but > after upgrading the firmware on it and powercycling it fixed itself and has > been working just fine ever since. > > Perhaps something worth trying on those broken disks, too? Might be a good idea, I did the same thing on my DTLA as well. -- Jens Axboe - 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/