Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:58:28 +0100 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net Cc: dmiller@search.sparks.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NCR/FXP and coredumps Message-ID: <36763.953798308@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:16:07 -0800" References: <20000322211607.A7582@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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> > 1) I managed to crash an intel N440BX mobo with an fxp card and the > > onboard ncr drivers. Lots of network traffic (ping floods) and disk IO > > (rawio in parallel on two disks) took it down in something like two > > hours. I know this is a known bug, I'm just offering core dumps and > > testing services in fixing it if anyone wants to take a stab at it. > > DG has looked at this extensively and the current feeling is that this is > a hardware bug. Using the sym driver instead of the ncr driver > apparently helps somewhat, but the problem still happens. The generally > recommended option is to buy an Adaptec SCSI controller and use that > instead of the on-board SCSI. That works flawlessly. I can confirm that the sym driver has cured all such problems for us. Not a single crash after switching to the sym driver. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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