Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:23:09 -0500 From: Andrew BOGECHO <andrewb@cs.mcgill.ca> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ? Message-ID: <20011108092309.A10606@cs.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: <20011106145210.J30664-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>; from behanna@zbzoom.net on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 02:53:12PM -0500 References: <3BE81DB3.5080702@potentialtech.com> <20011106145210.J30664-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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Thu Nov 8 09:00:14 EST 2001 I would like to add that we too have unexplained reboots when using RAID-5 and an fxp0 card. We have tried 4.1 and 4.2 and 4.3 and the problem has still persisted. There does not seem to be a sequence to it, about once a month the machine will reboot. I have tried logging the console info, but nothing ever shows up. The info is as follows: The drives: vinum -> list 5 drives: D dvoldrive0 State: up Device /dev/ad4s1a Avail: 0/43974 MB (0%) D dvoldrive1 State: up Device /dev/ad5s1a Avail: 0/43974 MB (0%) D dvoldrive2 State: up Device /dev/ad6s1a Avail: 0/43974 MB (0%) D dvoldrive3 State: up Device /dev/ad8s1a Avail: 0/43974 MB (0%) D dvoldrive4 State: up Device /dev/ad10s1a Avail: 0/43974 MB (0%) 1 volumes: V dvol State: up Plexes: 1 Size: 171 GB 1 plexes: P dvol.p0 R5 State: up Subdisks: 5 Size: 171 GB 5 subdisks: S dvol.p0.s0 State: up PO: 0 B Size: 42 GB S dvol.p0.s1 State: up PO: 717 kB Size: 42 GB S dvol.p0.s2 State: up PO: 1434 kB Size: 42 GB S dvol.p0.s3 State: up PO: 2151 kB Size: 42 GB S dvol.p0.s4 State: up PO: 2868 kB Size: 42 GB The card: fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0x9000-0x903f mem 0xdf800000-0xdf8fffff,0xe0000000-0xe0000fff After the reboots, there does not seem to be any problems with the data. We have settled to living with this problem, as it only happens about once a month. We initially suspected that the machine might be overheating, and tried extra cooling. At least now, the information from this list, has made me suspect vinum. Thank for the info. Andrew. On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 02:53:12PM -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > > > Chris BeHanna wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Kenneth Mays wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Why not use the Intel 10/100 NICs?? > > >> > > > > > > As I recall, there's a very weird and hard-to-replicate > > > interaction problem between the fxp driver and vinum that leads to > > > corrupted RAID-5 volumes. > > > > > > Good enough reason for me not to spend the money on Intel NICs. > > > > Is this documented anywhere in more detail? I have three servers > > that I've installed and admin with Vinum + fxp driver and have had > > no problems whatsoever. None of these are running RAID-5, however, > > so if the problem only occurs with RAID-5, I won't have seen it. > > It's come up on this list a few times, when Greg Lehey has been > trying to pull the necessary information out of someone to chase > this bug down and squash it. It only occurs with RAID-5 and fxp, > apparently, and even then, not frequently or in any reproducible > manner. > > -- > Chris BeHanna > Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) > behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net > I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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