Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:31:39 +0200 From: Ard van Breemen <ard@kwaak.net> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ABORT message after hours of working Message-ID: <20011011113139.A21011@kwaak.net> In-Reply-To: <200109061326.f86DQbY75080@aslan.scsiguy.com>; from gibbs@scsiguy.com on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 07:26:36AM -0600 References: <20010905155526.C31067@kwaak.net> <200109061326.f86DQbY75080@aslan.scsiguy.com>
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 07:26:36AM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >I do not know who wants to queue that ABORT message, but the problem is, > >that the device get's kicked out of the raid configuration. > > The problem here has to do with these guys: > > >Attached devices: > >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318404LW Rev: 0002 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318404LW Rev: 0002 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318404LW Rev: 0002 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > > IIRC, Seagate fixed a cache bug in these drives with firmware rev 0005. > When the cache fills up in a certain way, the drive forgets about > transactions including newly queued ones. You should contact Seagate > about getting the latest firmware. In the mean time, you can disable > the write cache on the drives with old firmware (the one with firmware > rev 0006 should be okay) from the SCSI-Select menu. Hi, sorry for the late reply. I thought disableing the write-cache would help, and then it "crashed"... The current setup seems stable though: kernel-2.4.9, aic 6.2.3 (apt-get install kernel-patch-adaptec :) ) *No* highmem support. Tagged queueing at 8. Write cache enabled These did not work: kernel-2.4.9, aic 6.2.1 Highmem support Tagged queueing at 8. Write cache enabled kernel-2.4.9, aic 6.2.1 Highmem support Tagged queueing at 253 Write cache disabled It is hard to test more things, since it takes a while before a disk is being a pain. Eh, of-course, seagate says they no nothing about any firmware release. Nothing can be wrong with their disks. Only if I am absolutely sure what firmware might work for me, I should go to my reseller... Anybody has some seagate firmware? -- mail up 38+14:06, 1 user, load 0.28, 0.53, 0.33 mistar1 up 17+12:30, 2 users, load 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Let your government know you value your freedom: sign the petition: http://petition.eurolinux.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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