From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Jan 29 8:48: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5597537B401 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:48:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from astro.umn.edu (hal.astro.umn.edu [128.101.221.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935E443E4A for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:48:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carde@astro.umn.edu) Received: (qmail 3710 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2003 16:48:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (128.101.221.39) by 0 with QMQP; 29 Jan 2003 16:48:00 -0000 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:48:00 -0600 From: kelley eicher To: Scott Long Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mylex (mly) controller problems Message-ID: <20030129164800.GA29017@astro.umn.edu> References: <20030124214232.GA14944@astro.umn.edu> <3E31B741.3080400@btc.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E31B741.3080400@btc.adaptec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable scott- after additional trials, i've found that my server takes on average 10-15 m= inutes to boot with 2 mylex extremeraid controllers attached. 1 controller = has 1 disk array on it, the other has 2. itz not unbearably long to wait i = guess but i just don't understand why it should take several minutes when t= he same controllers and disks initialize with the driver under linux in aro= und 30 seconds. while labeling the disks i've seen the following messages: (da5:mly1:4:1:0): SYNCHRONIZE CACHE. CDB: 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0=20 (da5:mly1:4:1:0): error code 0 (da4:mly1:4:0:0): SYNCHRONIZE CACHE. CDB: 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0=20 (da4:mly1:4:0:0): error code 0 (da5:mly1:4:1:0): SYNCHRONIZE CACHE. CDB: 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0=20 (da5:mly1:4:1:0): error code 0 could this be due to disk arrays that aren't yet initialized? is it possibl= e to run background initialization with this driver while the operating sys= tem is running? again... i'm running fbsd 4.7 release on x86. -kelley --=20 >> kelley j eicher << UNIX architect >> Univ. of MN Astronomy Dept. << ph: (612) 626-2067 or (612) 624-3589 >> fx: (612) 626-2029 << office: 385 physics >> carde at astro dot umn dot edu --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+OAXAF3O5KT+A1xQRAoR3AJsGfTCce65xjhwAllyP7jmNl4CNNwCePkN8 YLSvRDaNOUO33c57c3CaoM0= =sCj9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message