Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 11:38:00 -0800 From: "Andrew Heyn" <aheyn@jmsent.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Compaq Smart Array 4200 controller question Message-ID: <CLELJKHKLJLNMNHGHFIDOEPICAAA.aheyn@jmsent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050203110917.N76517@sasami.jurai.net>
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Hi, The controller is 'certified' to work with linux... so I will try a scrap install to see if it a driver issue. It would be a good idea to prove whether or not the error is caused by a difference in those two drivers. How could I use this CMD_SENSE_DRV_STATUS to provide you with more debugging information? After those errors, ./idacontrol show still shows the controller uptime's unchanged. I dont believe the embedded controller has any lights...If it does, I dont know where they are located. I am waiting for some compaq drives to be shipped to me, so I can see whether or not the drives interaction with the controller is at fault. I noticed that with 6-CURRENT the machine doesn't crash anymore and reboot when the controller stops responding. It tended to before... Instead, whatever program that caused the problem hangs on a kernel function forever, and subsequent reads/writes kinda work...in the same manner as they did(n't) before. Thanks for your time and replies, Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Matthew N. Dodd [mailto:mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:18 AM To: Andrew Heyn Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Compaq Smart Array 4200 controller question On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Andrew Heyn wrote: > Now that its confirmed that it's a firmware crash... What can I do > about this? Could it be the driver? I don't see how it could be the driver (feel free to prove me wrong though). It would be interesting to use the CMD_SENSE_DRV_STATUS command and see if any of the error counters are increasing. > or the drives giving an unexpected response? Can HP/Compaq help me? I'm guessing they'd tell you to use Compaq drives. -- 10 40 80 C0 00 FF FF FF FF C0 00 00 00 00 10 AA AA 03 00 00 00 08 00
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