Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:39:24 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: Peter Losher <Peter_Losher@isc.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible 3ware 8506-12 SATA Controller issues... Message-ID: <20040622083924.GA60244@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <200406220057.29846.Peter_Losher@isc.org> References: <200406220057.29846.Peter_Losher@isc.org>
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 12:57:23AM -0700, Peter Losher wrote: > So I am tracking down a possible controller issue with a dual-Opteron > system (running the amd64 port - 5.2.1-REL branch) which has a 3ware > 8506-12 SATA controller controlling 1.2TB of disk space. > > While the system iself is nice, under sustained high disk I/O, the system > randomly locks up hard. (requires a hard reset) > > In trying to diagnose the problem I noticed the kernel recognises it as a > 12 channel controller (albiet from the 7000 series): > > -=- > % grep twe /var/run/dmesg.boot > twe0: <3ware 7000 series Storage Controller. Driver version 1.50.00.000> > port 0x8c00-0x8c0f mem 0xfb800000-0xfbffffff,0xfc7ffc00-0xfc7ffc0f irq > 29 at device 1.0 on pci1 > twe0: 12 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 > -=- > > (Of course the problem may be elsewhere, the MB, CPU(s), memory... The > joys of HW debugging) Side note I have noticed that I can install 5.2.1 > on the box and update to the latest patch level, but subequent 'make > buildworld's usually dies randomly on a signal 4 error. 3Ware 850x cards have PCI interaction issues with some Opteron mainboard Check if your mainboard is not in this list: https://www.3ware.com/kbadmin/attachments/TM900-0045-00%20Rev%20A_P.pdf Alternatively you may try to plug the controller in a 32bit PCI slot. -- Francois Tigeot
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