From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 19 00:28:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAB016A4CE for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:28:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DFB443D41 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:28:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-90-129.roa.east.verizon.net [151.199.90.129]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBJ0S7XK067217 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:28:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBJ0S1S3011264 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:28:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBJ0RxvK011246; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:27:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org: paul set sender to paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu using -f From: Paul Mather To: msch@snafu.de In-Reply-To: <200412190015.16449.msch@snafu.de> References: <41C48A6F.7000203@barnabas.dk> <1103409359.52279.2.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> <200412190015.16449.msch@snafu.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:27:58 -0500 Message-Id: <1103416078.6339.4.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: Nikolaj Hansen cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and vinum upgrade #2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:28:13 -0000 On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 00:15 +0100, Matthias Schuendehuette wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Dezember 2004 23:35 schrieb Paul Mather: > > > > The biggest problem you'll have is if your system suffers the ATA > > "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" woe that bedevils some of us under 5.3. When > > that happens, your mirror will be knocked into a degraded state (half > > of your mirrored plexes will be marked down) even though the drive is > > okay. Unfortunately, without "setstate" being implemented in "gvinum" > > to mark the drive as up, thereby allowing you to issue "gvinum > > start"s for the "downed" plexes, there's little more you can do to > > get the "failed" drive recognised as being in the "up" state other > > than to reboot. [...] > > 'gvinum setstate' was MFCed from -current together with 'gvinum > checkpatity' and 'gvinum rebuildparity' a week ago or so... > > So that should make it easier to handle these ATA-Problems... That's great to hear! (I'd been hoping for an MFC5.) It's handy, too, as I just recently got another one of those "TIMEOUT - WRITE DMA" induced "failures," which was getting to be a real drag. :-( I'll update my 5.3-STABLE system right away... Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa