From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 06:22:41 2003 Return-Path: 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 28AC416A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:22:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from alogis.com (firewall.solit-ag.de [212.184.102.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BF343FDF for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:22:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Holger.Kipp@alogis.com) Received: (from hk@localhost) by alogis.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id hAKELae80904; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:21:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:21:36 +0100 From: Holger Kipp To: Brett Glass Message-ID: <20031120152136.A72766@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <200311200036.RAA18628@lariat.org> <20031120004807.GE59401@k7.mavetju> <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:59:21PM -0700 cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 4.9-RELEASE work with 3Ware RAID card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:22:41 -0000 On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:59:21PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 05:48 PM 11/19/2003, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > >I think you have the best equipment to test it with :-) > > So, I'd have to be the guinea pig, eh? twe0@pci1:5:0: class=0x010400 card=0x100113c1 chip=0x100113c1 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = '3ware Inc.' device = '7000 series ATA-100 Storage Controller' class = mass storage subclass = RAID twe1@pci1:6:0: class=0x010400 card=0x100113c1 chip=0x100113c1 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = '3ware Inc.' device = '7000 series ATA-100 Storage Controller' class = mass storage subclass = RAID works without problems here. well, we don't use the raid-5 any more due to some 'interesting' behaviour we encountered here once, though. FreeBSD verleihnix.int1.b.intern 4.9-RC FreeBSD 4.9-RC #19: Fri Oct 24 14:23:51 CEST 2003 root@verleihnix.int1.b.intern:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/B-VERLEIHNIX i386 Hmm - maybe I should update the system to 4.9-STABLE :-) > I'm not sure I can afford to do that. I can run the > machine through a few kernel recompiles, but can't > leave it down long enough to do a real stress test. you could go back to a working kernel if 4.9-RELEASE or -STABLE does not work for you. > I must say that I am in kind of a quandary nowadays. I'd > like to install 4.9-RELEASE when I make up a new system, > but I am very leery of using it on important machines. > It seems as if the addition of PAE (Why wasn't this > reserved for 5.x?) caused a lot of problems, and that Then don't use it... On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Ceri Davies wrote: > I'm confused; how does one disable PAE? I don't see a kernel option for > it. 'options PAE' turns it on. Without it turns it off. :) (googled for "disable PAE FreeBSD") Regards, Holger Kipp