From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 26 16:10:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F88106566C for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651BA8FC1D for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n5QGA3iA023900 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5QGA3BT023899; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 GMT Message-Id: <200906261610.n5QGA3BT023899@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Michael Cc: Subject: Re: kern/135408: [aac] Adaptec 5405 RAID controller hanging under high load +suggested fix X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Michael List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:10:03 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/135408; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/135408: [aac] Adaptec 5405 RAID controller hanging under high load +suggested fix Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:03 +0200 Aleksandr Stankevic wrote: > The following reply was made to PR kern/135408; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Aleksandr Stankevic > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, freebsdusb@bindone.de, msmith@freebsd.org, > scottl@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: kern/135408: [aac] Adaptec 5405 RAID controller hanging under > high load +suggested fix > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:44 +0300 > > --0016e65a0dc421977e046d3da3e1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi there, > > I've been having the same problem with aac on FreeBSD 7.2/amd64. > We bought some Sun Fire X4150 servers which have Adaptec Raid > controller and use aac driver. > > The suggested fix (increasing the timeouts to 45+ seconds) didn't > help. It delayed the crash for a bit, but didn't completely fix it. > > I'm also sending some screenshots of the errors (without debugging, > and with debugging), bootup screenshot and dmesg output of the system. > > If needed, it's possible to grant access to the server via Sun eLOM. > > > -- > Aleksandr Stankevic > Email: alexiukas@gmail.com > ICQ: 214480900 > MSN: alex@braske.net > Y!M: freelancealex@yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I can confirm that the suggested fix was a red herring. We experience the same crashes here, tried tweaking everything, the best we could do was delaying the crash a little bit. This also happens with the aacu drivers provided directly by adaptec (they're incredibly slow, which basically helps delaying the crash by 1-2 hours). I would assume this is some problem with the controller/firmware (the firmware version shipped is newer than the BSD driver version provided by adaptec). Yuri Gorchakov just fowarded me this piece of information - adaptec just released a new firmware for this controller: "Hello Yuri, Hello from Adaptec, This message is in response to the problems that you are experiencing when using the Adaptec 5405 in your FreeBSD system. Adaptec recently posted a firmware upgrade for the Adaptec 5405 and the release notes doe mention a couple of fixes for FreeBSD. You may want to try this to see if this might help to resolve your issues. The most recent firmware download is available at the link below. http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/raid/asr/fw_bios/5405_fw_b17380_exe.htm Adaptec Technical Support" Maybe this helps you (even so the release notes don't look that promising and the number of severe problems fixed makes me wonder if I ever want to use adaptec again :). Michael