Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:37:31 -0700 From: Aaron Seelye <aseelye@urx.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP problems with latest SUP and SCSi drives Message-ID: <auto-000041828753@dc-mx01.cluster1.charter.net> In-Reply-To: <E16xPLo-000PNr-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E16xPLo-000PNr-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Tuesday 16 April 2002 02:34 am, Pete French wrote: > > Maybe this two-part article will help: > > Part 1: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/03/21/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > > Part 2: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/04/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > > It covers building/using a debugging kernel and then recovering useful > > information from the dump after a panic. > > All good stuff - but when the kernel is frozen how can I make it panic ? > Is there some equivalent to the ALT-ALT-TILDE combination on NeXTs to > take me into some monitor or other where I can force a panic ? > > > Other things to try would be manually setting the IRQ of the scsi > > controller. I have two proliants(an older one using Pentium Pros and a > > newer one using pentium 3s) and they both use the ida driver for their > > on-board scsi(compaq smart raid). > > Thats interesting - I am running an ida SMART raid at home(no problems > there) but the work machines use sym. I'll drive out to the machine and see > if I can do that later this week though. Thanks for the help. The symbios scsi system is a totally seperate thing from the smart array cards. The scsi is always on the motherboards afaik (I have about 8 proliants), and the smart array is in a pci slot. Two seperate interfaces altogether, and the driver for one surely won't work for the other. HTH, Aaron Seelye To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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