Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:37:35 +0100 From: ict technician <ict@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@siemens.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AIC7902 w/ seagate U320 drive issue on releng-4 (and current) Message-ID: <200310071637.35368.ict@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031007122559.GA26887@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <200310071254.08595.ict@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk> <20031007122559.GA26887@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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On Tuesday 07 October 2003 1:25 pm, Andre Albsmeier wrote: > On Tue, 07-Oct-2003 at 12:54:08 +0100, ict technician wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Don Bowman wrote: > > > > Jul 26 19:27:20 /kernel: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends > > > > > >FYI, i've solved this problem for me by moving to > > >firmware version 5 on the ST318453LW (U320 15KRPM 18GB) > > >seagate drive. > > > > > >If you are seeing the problem I mentioned with U320 > > >seagate drive and AIC7902 controller I highly recommend > > >contacting seagate and requesting the latest rom. > > >Sadly the actual changes are 'proprietary' so I cannot > > >be sure this was the root cause of the problem. I'm > > >guessing there is an issue with large # of tags outstanding, > > >but its only a hunch. > > > > > >I have code to program this ROM under FreeBSD i > > >will share with anyone who asks. I obtained this > > >from andre __AT__ albsmeier __DOT__ net, who had > > >posted information to this list in the past [thank > > >you!]. > > > > > >I cannot be 100% sure this fixes the problem, but it was > > >pretty easy to reproduce with 'dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/null bs=20k', > > >and now I cannot reproduce on the 15 systems I am trying. > > > > > >--don > > > > I'm still seeing occasional problems. I can't find my previous posts > > either (on stable probably). > > > > Anyway, I have: > > Adaptec 29320 > > ST336607LW P/N 9V4005-002 firmware r=0006 > > (4x Vinum RAID10) > > > > tags depth set to 31. > > > > Seagate have released a new firmware revision. Can you send me your > > update > > Here is the software from the one who wrote it :-). Please read the > first 70 lines and tell me about success or failure. > > -Andre Update seemed to go okay.firewall# ./fwprog -s /dev/da3 ST336607LW_S_007.SEA Updating SEAGATE ST336607LW 00063JA2403Q NOTE: Skipping 80 byte header. ------------------------------------------------- PktNo. PktSize BytesRemaining LastPkt ------------------------------------------------- 0 32768 (0x08000) 504832 (0x07B400) 0 1 32768 (0x08000) 472064 (0x073400) 0 2 32768 (0x08000) 439296 (0x06B400) 0 3 32768 (0x08000) 406528 (0x063400) 0 4 32768 (0x08000) 373760 (0x05B400) 0 5 32768 (0x08000) 340992 (0x053400) 0 6 32768 (0x08000) 308224 (0x04B400) 0 7 32768 (0x08000) 275456 (0x043400) 0 8 32768 (0x08000) 242688 (0x03B400) 0 9 32768 (0x08000) 209920 (0x033400) 0 10 32768 (0x08000) 177152 (0x02B400) 0 11 32768 (0x08000) 144384 (0x023400) 0 12 32768 (0x08000) 111616 (0x01B400) 0 13 32768 (0x08000) 78848 (0x013400) 0 14 32768 (0x08000) 46080 (0x00B400) 0 15 32768 (0x08000) 13312 (0x003400) 0 16 13312 (0x03400) 0 (0x000000) 1 Download successful The ID string didn't change tho' da0 at ahd1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <SEAGATE ST336607LW 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da0: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da0: 35003MB (71687372 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 35003C) da1 at ahd1 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 da1: <SEAGATE ST336607LW 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da1: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da1: 35003MB (71687372 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 35003C) da2 at ahd1 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 da2: <SEAGATE ST336607LW 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da2: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da2: 35003MB (71687372 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 35003C) da3 at ahd1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 da3: <SEAGATE ST336607LW 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device da3: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da3: 35003MB (71687372 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 35003C) IP Filter: v3.4.31 initialized. Default = pass all, Logging = enabled I half expected to see 0007 in there. Did a powercycle FWIW. I've removed my rc.early script. I'll do my best to thrash the drive a bit. Seems okay so far although I haven't hit tags=64 yet. Thanks Andre -- i j hart ICT Technician Cardinal Newman Catholic School & Community Collegehelp
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