From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Apr 3 6:39:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 280F337B41A; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 06:39:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g33EdTd47458; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:39:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:39:29 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: =?iso-8859-15?Q?=D8ystein_Andreassen?= , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID controller Message-ID: <20020403163929.A47435@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15531.4990.536630.145584@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <15531.4990.536630.145584@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:36:46AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:36:46AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: We used to have different firmware on the Mylex's for Intel and Alpha based servers. Don't ask me why. Wilko > Øystein Andreassen writes: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have tried to install FreeBSD 4.5 (Release(?)) on a Digital Server 5000 > > Model 5303 6533A. > > It has a MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID Controller. I manage to boot the CD and > > everything seems fine until the file copying starts. > > When the copying is around 23% of / it comes to a complete halt and i get > > ALOT of errors like > > "mlx0: I/O error - attempt to write beyond end of drive" > > I've read the mailinglists and found that this was a problem in 4.3 (i386) > > (mailinglist "current", may 2001). > > So I tried to put the MyLex controller in an i386 machine. I still had the > > disks in the alpha. This worked fine! > > > > I guess my question is: Why isn't the alpha driver updated while the i386 > > driver is? (I really hope that someone just forgot and it's VERY simple to > > fix!:) > > Its the same driver on all platforms. > > I'm a little out of my depth here, as I've never even seen a mylex > card. One WAG I have is that perhaps the alpha is storing the size of > the array someplace in the hosts firmware & when you moved the card to > a PC, that information was cleared? > > Drew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message