From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 26 05:18:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E33116A4E6 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:18:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80F7243D39 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:18:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cscotts@mindspring.com) Received: (qmail 3603 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2004 05:18:46 -0000 Received: from wbar9.wdc2-4.27.185.157wdc2.dsl-verizon.net (HELO ?10.3.3.3?) (4.27.185.157) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2004 05:18:46 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 4.27.185.157 In-Reply-To: <200407251910.14818.Peter_Losher@isc.org> References: <200407251910.14818.Peter_Losher@isc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4439CE22-DEC3-11D8-82C4-000D9335D63A@mindspring.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Scott Sipe Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:18:45 -0400 To: Peter Losher X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Driver support for 3ware 8506-12 in i386? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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, 26 Jul 2004 05:18:55 -0000 Hi Peter, I'm running a 8056 on i386, but the 4 port version (with 3 disks onboard). I ran it briefly on 5.2.1 and then on CURRENT from about three weeks ago. Server has only been in production for about two weeks, but it hasn't crashed yet (no problems other than an ACPI problem--have to disable ACPI--and have been afraid to cvsup lately because of instabilities discussed on current). No problems with the twe at all, it's been great. Scott On Jul 25, 2004, at 10:10 PM, Peter Losher wrote: > Hi - > > Many of you saw my messages last month on getting a 3ware 8506-12 SATA > RAID controller working under heavy I/O on 5.2.1/amd64, and despite the > work of Paul Saab in getting me a version of the -CURRENT twe driver, > it > still locks up under heavy I/O. > > So since this box is behind schedule, and I need to get this box > stable, > I am likely to side-grade this box to 5.2.1/i386, with the > understanding > that the twe driver as it stands now just isn't 64-bit compatible. > When > 5.3-RELEASE is out and the twe driver is hopefully 64-bit clean, I can > reconsider going back to amd64 on this box. > > Does anyone have a 8506 series (esp. a 8506-12) controller running > under > 5.2.1/i386 in production? I'd like to know before hand before I make > the jump. > > Best Wishes - Peter > -- > Peter_Losher@isc.org | ISC | OpenPGP Key E8048D08 | "The bits must > flow"