Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 00:49:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> To: Matt Groener <matt@groenquist.com> Cc: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy1@home.com>, <jacol@ids.gda.pl>, <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mylex dac960pl and FreeBSD 4.3 - bus_dmamap_load Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105080048040.7718-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105072123170.13626-100000@joliet.groenquist.com>
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Hmm, I just went through all of the mlx related files and none of them changed between 4.2-RELEASE and 4.3-RELEASE. So it looks like there is something more sinister going on. -gordon On Mon, 7 May 2001, Matt Groener wrote: > I have been trying to get anyone to respond to this issue as well. > I have offered both my time and the fact that I own many many Mylex > cards and would be happy to test, mail them out, perform magic > tricks, etc., to get some assistance. > > Greg Loomis (of vinum fame) helped me out with a problem with > Mylex RAID's and vinum, only to have it fail again at this point. > (He is not responsible for this error or Mylex drivers; I only > mention this because he bailed me out last minute and then I still > got stuck with this driver issue, which was a bummer for me). > The problem is confirmed to not be present at 4.2-RELEASE. I have > back-ported Greg's fix for 4.2-RELEASE to get around the Mylex > problem for the time being. > > I am not using the Mylex card as a boot device if that is of concern. > > I only have Mylex cards with 2.73 firmware or lower (they are mostly > scavenged cards from Alpha's now running in Intel chassis). It is possibl= e > that others do not experience with problem with other Mylex cards besides > the 960's, or with newer firmware. > > Anyone comment on what has changed, or can the Mylex driver maintainer > (looks to be msmith?) offer any thoughts for us stuck with cards that no > longer work? > > Thanks, > -matt > > > On Sun, 6 May 2001, Paul Murphy wrote: > > > Jacek J=EAdrzejczak wrote: > > > > > <dmesg> > > > mlx0: DAC96PL, 2 channels, firmware 2.73-0-00, 4MB > > > mlxd0: <Mylex System Drive> on mlx0 > > > mlxd0: 20335MB (41646080 sectors) RAID 5 (online) > > > > > > No matter which installation process i choose (floppies - kern.flp & > > > mfsroot.flp or bootable cd) i always get this error message: > > > > > > <debug> > > > bus_dmamap_load: Too many segs! buf_len =3D 0xaa0 > > > mlx0: I/O error - attempt to write beyond end of drive > > > > > > > I have the exact same machine with the exact same problem! > > > > I sure would like to know the answer too. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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