From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 02:19:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3991716A4CE; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:19:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hadar.amcc.com (hadar.amcc.com [192.195.69.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBD643D49; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:19:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vkashyap@amcc.com) Received: from mailhost.amcc.com ([192.195.69.30]) by hadar.amcc.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id HZQP0X00.H1F; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:17:21 -0700 Received: (from vkashyap-pc [10.66.6.61]) by mailhost.amcc.com (SMSSMTP 4.0.0.59) with SMTP id M2004062219172609776 ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:17:26 -0700 From: "Vinod Kashyap" To: mike , "James R. Van Artsalen" Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:17:20 -0700 X-Sent-Folder-Path: Sent Items X-Mailer: Oracle Connector for Outlook 9.0.4 51114 (9.0.6627) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [freebsd-amd64] Re: [freebsd-amd64] Possible 3ware 8506-12SATA Controller issues... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:19:25 -0000 > = > = > According to 3ware this is a dangerous setup =3D) > = > I was able to get it to recognize the 8506 as a 7xxx, but he said it > wasn't guaranteed to work at all. Also I liked using the 3dm = > and cli tools > so I could schedule the integrity and media checks and such. > = It's NOT "dangerous"! :-) The driver doesn't make a distinction between 7xxx and 8xxx controllers, and sees them all as "7000 series" controllers. Since this was apparently cause of confusion, I have reverted the driver to only say "3ware Storage Controller" in the later versions. There's only one driver for 7xxx and 8xxx (also 6xxx for that matter). > However, I didn't spend $4500-5000 to have a half-ass compatible box. > = > There was the software compatibility issue as well as the > motherboard/riser card possibility as well. > = > Hoever, I was told going the 9500 route, they'd support it; = > and I wanted > to be doing the right thing here. > = > = > = > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, James R. Van Artsalen wrote: > = > > Peter Losher wrote: > > > > >>You might want to upgrade to twe in -CURRENT, and see if that > > >>makes a difference. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Tried compiling a 5.2.1 kernel w/ the twe driver plopped = > from -CURRENT > > >cvsup'ed 30 minutes ago, and it didn't go to well: > > > > > > > > > > 5.2.1-release w/8506-8 seems to work for me on AMD64 with 8 = > GB of RAM in > > a Tyan S2885 with two Opteron 248 CPUs in a slot jumpered = > to 64/66 PCI > > rather than PCI-X. > > > > I'm not trying to use any twe-specific monitoring tools and haven't > > tested to see if the twe driver notices disk errors. > > > > I believe that the driver does not handle more than 4 GB of RAM and > > requires bounce-buffers. > > > > Testing consisted of running "make buildworld" in a loop = > with a kernel > > building in a loop at the same; see if it's still running = > after a week > > and fsck is clean. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = > "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >