Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:50:10 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: "Emil Mikulic" <emikulic@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ciss(4) not coping with large arrays? Message-ID: <b41c75520805160050l3c9acc4fx94bfabccb1f4d1d3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080516073932.GA39803@dmr.ath.cx> References: <20080516073932.GA39803@dmr.ath.cx>
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> Running today's RELENG_7 (although 7.0-RELEASE has the same problem), > GENERIC kernel on an amd64 and I can't seem to get a da(4) device for > any arrays bigger than 2TB. In earlier releases (5 and 6 at least) you couldn't create partitions larger than 2 TB. I don't know whether work has been to circumvent this in 7 but tools like fsck has to be changed as well. Have you tried zfs? > dmesg: > <...> > ciss0: <HP Smart Array P400> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff,0xfdef > 0000-0xfdef0fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci10 > ciss0: [ITHREAD] > <...> > da0 at ciss0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <COMPAQ RAID 1 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device > da0: 135.168MB/s transfers > da0: 953837MB (1953459632 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 65535C) > da1 at ciss0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > da1: <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device > da1: 135.168MB/s transfers > da1: 953837MB (1953459632 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 65535C) > da2 at ciss0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 > da2: <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device > da2: 135.168MB/s transfers > da2: 1907675MB (3906918832 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 65535C) > (da3:ciss0:0:3:0): got CAM status 0x4 > (da3:ciss0:0:3:0): fatal error, failed to attach to device > (da3:ciss0:0:3:0): lost device > (da3:ciss0:0:3:0): removing device entry > (da4:ciss0:0:4:0): got CAM status 0x4 > (da4:ciss0:0:4:0): fatal error, failed to attach to device > (da4:ciss0:0:4:0): lost device > (da4:ciss0:0:4:0): removing device entry > <...> > > The arrays I'm testing with: > da1 = 1 x 1TB > da2 = 2 x 1TB > da3 = 3 x 1TB > da4 = 4 x 1TB > > Also: > # camcontrol devlist > <COMPAQ RAID 1 VOLUME OK> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) > <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass1,da1) > <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2,da2) > <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (pass3) > <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass4) > # camcontrol readcap pass2 > Last Block: 3906918831, Block Length: 512 bytes > # camcontrol readcap pass3 > (pass3:ciss0:0:3:0): SERVICE ACTION IN(16). CDB: 9e 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c 0 0 > (pass3:ciss0:0:3:0): CAM Status: CCB request completed with an error > > Is it possible to get FreeBSD to recognize arrays > 2TB? > Are there any further diagnostics I can provide? > > --Emil > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
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