From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 21:52:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4340A16A4CE for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:52:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E940743D2F for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:52:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B368D5C813; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:51:31 -0700 From: Paul Saab To: Alasdair Lumsden Message-ID: <20040701215131.GA83112@elvis.mu.org> References: <1088701228.2638.86.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088701228.2638.86.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Ware 8506 Series, 3DM, Upgrading to 9000 Series X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:52:52 -0000 Have you gotten a crashdump after one of these lockups? Alasdair Lumsden (enquiries@alivewww.com) wrote: > Dear Collective, > > We're using a 3Ware 8506-8 card in a production box running RELENG_4_9, > and have had a few lockups that appear to be related to the card > stopping responding. The logs reveal very little (presumably because it > can't write logging information to disk!), there was no Panic so I don't > have /var/crash information (Again i suspect even if there was a panic, > if it can't write to disk...). > > I do remember seeing a message along the lines of "swappager: Timeout > waiting on twe0" or similar on the console. This is why I suspect the > problem is related to the 3Ware card, especially given that all disk > writes just cease. > > I've got the box logging on serial console now so if it happens again > I'll have the exact error messages. > > The machine is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHz with 3Gb ram, running RELENG_4_9 > (-p9). I've attached dmesg output at the end of the email. > > Sadly due to the fact this is a production box, debugging options are > limited. So basically my questions are: > > 1. Is anyone else experiencing similar problems with the 8506 Card? > > 2. How stable are the twe drivers, and is it likely that the symptoms > I've listed are caused by the 3Ware Card/Drivers? > > 3. Is it worth upgrading to the 9000 series card, given that this is a > production box and stability is vital? I noticed on the 3Ware website > recently: > > "For 3ware 7000 and 8000 series RAID controllers FreeBSD drivers are > beta." > > At the time we bought the card, there was no such message on their > website and reports were that the card worked fine on FreeBSD. > > Thanks again for any help/advice on the matter. > > dmesg output: > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p9 #0: Mon Jun 7 20:03:33 BST 2004 > alasdair@psa1.123dns.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PSA1-2004-06-07 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2799.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 > > Features=0xbfebfbff > real memory = 3221225472 (3145728K bytes) > avail memory = 3134451712 (3060988K bytes) > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #1 > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #2 > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 > cpu1 (AP): apic id: 6, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 > io0 (APIC): apic id: 7, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec00000 > io1 (APIC): apic id: 8, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80000 > io2 (APIC): apic id: 9, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80400 > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0345000. > Warning: Pentium 4 CPU: PSE disabled > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > Using $PIR table, 12 entries at 0xc00f47f0 > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: on motherboard > IOAPIC #0 intpin 16 -> irq 2 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 18 -> irq 9 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 17 -> irq 10 > pci0: on pcib0 > pcib1: at device 2.0 on > pci0 > pci2: on pcib1 > pci2: (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 28.0 > pcib2: at device 29.0 on > pci2 > IOAPIC #2 intpin 0 -> irq 11 > pci4: on pcib2 > em0: port > 0xdc00-0xdc3f mem 0xfe9e0000-0xfe9fffff irq 11 at device 1.0 on pci4 > em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A > pci2: (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 30.0 > pcib3: at device 31.0 on > pci2 > IOAPIC #1 intpin 0 -> irq 16 > pci3: on pcib3 > twe0: <3ware Storage Controller> port 0xcc00-0xcc0f mem > 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff,0xfe8ffc00-0xfe8ffc0f irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci3 > twe0: 8 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 > pci0: at 29.0 irq 2 > pcib4: at device 30.0 on > pci0 > pci1: on pcib4 > fxp0: port 0xac00-0xac3f mem > 0xfd7a0000-0xfd7bffff,0xfd7fe000-0xfd7fefff irq 10 at device 1.0 on pci1 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:e0:81:27:f5:ba > inphy0: on miibus0 > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > pci1: at 2.0 irq 9 > isab0: at device 31.0 on > pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port > 0xffa0-0xffaf,0-0x3,0-0x7,0-0x3,0-0x7 irq 9 at device 31.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2483) at 31.3 irq 10 > orm0: