From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 16:38:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC0A106564A for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:38:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236C48FC08 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.74]) by qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id sfwv1d00C1bwxycABgaVrR; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:34:29 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.46.159]) by omta18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id sgi31d0023S48mS8egi8Nq; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:42:09 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 275B69B436; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:38:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:38:48 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-ID: <20100313163848.GA94056@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100131144217.ca08e965.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20100306141944.95ec8cb6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20100307122913.2f634018.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20100313141113.cd215e62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100313141113.cd215e62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic - sleeping thread on FreeBSD 8.0-stable / amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:38:57 -0000 On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Update: > Perhaps the problems I have with this machine[1] are related to the > MB-455SPF[1] hard drive cage I am using. It has three power connectors, > which distributes power to all five drives. The documentation doesn't > say more about which ports gives power to which drives, but since it is > always drive 2 and 3 in the cage (ata5 and 6) that I've had problems > with, I rearranged power connections to the cage. We will see > if that makes any difference. > > > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/ga-ma74gm-s2h > 2) http://www.icydock.com/product/mb455spf.html That enclosure also doesn't state if it has a SAF-TE or SES-2 chip on it. It's impossible to tell from the photos since the metallic enclosure cover up the backplane. If it does, such chips can/will yank devices off the bus when the chip considers the drive "faulty". At least in the SCSI world with SES-2, I've seen QLogic GEM318 and GEM354 chips do this. Here's an example of what I'm referring to: http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/chassis/mobile_rack/CSE-M34.pdf -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |