From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 22 22:51:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1382916A41F for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:51:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.org) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594F143D49 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:51:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.org) Received: from elfi.stromnet.org (81.236.252.191) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.069.1) id 43CFE635000B55F0 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:51:52 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elfi.stromnet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A744F61C90 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:51:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from elfi.stromnet.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (elfi.stromnet.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 74289-02 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:51:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.10.0.6] (vpn1-c1.stromnet.org [10.10.0.6]) by elfi.stromnet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92EF61C59 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:51:49 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <1137967081.40786.36.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> References: <991F35AA-151B-4AEA-82BD-5F4AEDF28424@stromnet.org> <74994962-5050-47BD-897B-DE3880B9EBD5@stromnet.org> <1132353600.903.19.camel@genius1.i.cz> <20051118231351.GA46946@holestein.holy.cow> <1132356649.903.32.camel@genius1.i.cz> <8A4DAD5D-44CF-42DD-A113-340226284533@stromnet.org> <268C3DEB-7569-4C18-BC35-1C5F36EF8EC4@stromnet.org> <1137967081.40786.36.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-6-749329573; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Message-Id: <1DA0C9DF-BB42-415B-8851-FFB91CD0F1AC@stromnet.org> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:51:59 +0100 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at stromnet.org X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Page fault, GEOM problem?? 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: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:51:54 -0000 --Apple-Mail-6-749329573 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On 22 jan 2006, at 22.58, Michael S. Eubanks wrote: > > ...snip... > > >>> Can there be problems with the mobo/controllercard? Or is it more >>> likely to be driver realted? Promise lists my motherboard (asus >>> a7v333) in their manual for the controllercard (promise sataII 150 >>> TX4). >>> >>> > > ...snip... > > After looking at the dmesg output, I am curious whether you are using > the promise sataII 150 TX4 controller for the raid disks? I see > you are > using 6.0-RELEASE whereas I'm using 5.4-STABLE with that particular > controller. My dmesg output for the disk array looks like the > following: > Hi! Thanks for response! Yes, this is a Promise SATAII 150 TX4 controller.. But afaik it doesnt do raid?? > > ad4: 238475MB [484521/16/63] at ata2-master > SATA150 > ad6: 238475MB [484521/16/63] at ata3-master > SATA150 > ad8: 238475MB [484521/16/63] at ata4-master > SATA150 > ad10: 238475MB [484521/16/63] at ata5- > master > SATA150 > ar0: 953900MB [65535/255/63] status: READY subdisks: > disk0 READY on ad4 at ata2-master > disk1 READY on ad6 at ata3-master > disk2 READY on ad8 at ata4-master > disk3 READY on ad10 at ata5-master > > The device I mount as my raid filesystem is ar0s1 and I believe it > corresponds to ``device ataraid'' in the kernel. I read the raid > mirroring page in the handbook, although, I'm thinking your controller > should represent each disk as ``ar0'' and handle the mirroring itself > (possibly consisting of two sets of two disks). I really don't know > though. > No /dev/ar*.. > > It looks like the RAID1 mirroring tutorial is for systems that don't > actually have a raid controller. Hence, the RAID0 tutorial is the one > that I would be using if I did not use the promise controller. > Because > I _DO_ use the controller, I am simply able to manipulate the ar0 disk > array as a single disk. I imagine your setup will differ, but I hope > this helps. > This card does afaik dont have raid functionalitys (I've never read anything about it either on the web, the cards box or anywhere else..). I'm running GENERIC, which does include ataraid.. What does your dmesg identify your card as? atapci0: port 0xb800-0xb87f, 0xb400-0xb4ff mem 0xfb800000-0xfb800fff,0xfb000000-0xfb01ffff irq 19 at device 12.0 on pci0 Is it the same PDC chipset? -- Johan > -Michael > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --Apple-Mail-6-749329573--