From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 18:38:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA49716A417 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7356213C469 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr) Received: from heho.snv.jussieu.fr (heho.snv.jussieu.fr [134.157.184.22]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.13.8/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id l7RIc0Me032940 ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:38:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 165 Received: from heho.snv.jussieu.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heho.snv.jussieu.fr (8.13.3/jtpda-5.2) with ESMTP id l7RIbxCV001844 ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:37:59 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from arno@localhost) by heho.snv.jussieu.fr (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id l7RIbvvv001841; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:37:57 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from arno) To: Jeremie Le Hen References: <46BFE620.8070906@fusiongol.com> <20070813091802.GB3078@stud.ntnu.no> <20070823071056.GA50852@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20070825082812.GE50852@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> From: "Arno J. Klaassen" Date: 27 Aug 2007 20:37:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20070825082812.GE50852@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> Message-ID: Lines: 44 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/4076/Mon Aug 27 16:15:54 2007 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 46D31A08.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! Cc: Nathan Butcher , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise SATA 300 TX4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:03 -0000 Jeremie Le Hen writes: > Nathan, > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:19:02PM +0200, Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > > I re-read the above email a bit more attentively (?) and noticed > > that, as Ulf, I use Adaptec SCSI (ahc or ahd) to boot from and > > have nothing on standard irq-14/15 IDE subsystem. > > > > Once again, I experience the problems on -STABLE-amd64, but can > > dig up a good-old (not so fast) SCSI-disk to test the (almost) same > > hardware setup under -CURRENT. > > Which arch are you running? amd64 or i386? Also do you use an > Adapter SCSI controller in the same time? just a quick 'state-of-the-art' : 1) I replaced TX4 (Promise PDC40718 SATA300) with some cheap Sil3114 (SATA 150) based 4-ports cards : -stable-amd64 (including last sys/vm MFC but rev. 1.268.2.4 for vm_pageout.c) is rock-solid while doing moderate heavy geom_raid5 testing of a 6-disk system including hot-swapping disk, continuous swap on an Adaptec 2940 (320 disk connected by 50->68 convertor) and continuous NFS. About 4000 irq/seconds and not the slightest problem for three days (including a lot of more or less brutal reboots) 2) same hardware with TX4 cards (-stable of a couple of days ago) crashes when only lookin at it. I switched SATA-cables, SCSI-cards, no difference 3) I just realised our main server has a TX2 (Promise PDC20378 SATA150) which is rock-stable bur running -stable-i386 of Aug 12th (and booting from IDE, no SCSI involved) voili-voila, not a clear picture, but amd64 versus i386, ATA-only versus SCSI+ATA, and/or SATA150 versus SATA300 seem credible suspects. Arno NB, /me votes in favour of including geom_raid5 in -current when code-freeze is over. IMHO this piece of code deserves wider audience and testing.