Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:48:05 -0800 (PST) From: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: PERCs more tolerant under FreeBSD than Linux ? Message-ID: <20030124064316.K64423-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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I have several linux systems running a slightly outdated PERC firmware (PERC 3si, 2.1-3 firmware) with Hitachi 73gig drives. I keep getting drive failures - containers breaking, drives going offline, and lots of errors from the card when the systems are up. The smoking gun _seems_ to be that I am running 73gig drives on an older firmware - the firmware _predates_ 73gig drives. Further, hitachi firmwares are relatively new and there may be little workarounds or compatibilities built into these older firmwares. The only problem I have with this diagnosis is that I have several FreeBSD machines running in the same configuration - same old firmware version, and same 73gig hitachi drives - and they have never crashed or broken containers or anything like that. So my question is, is the fact that my FreeBSD systems tolerate this a good indication that I am _wrong_ about what is happening with my linux systems, and I should look for some other smoking gun ? OR, is FreeBSD more tolerant to these types of errors and it's possible that what is hurting Linux is NOT hurting FreeBSD ? thanks. Further details available if needed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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