Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:31:12 -0500 From: "Douglas K. Rand" <rand@meridian-enviro.com> To: "Douglas K. Rand" <rand@meridian-enviro.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iir + Tyan S2460 + SMP problems Message-ID: <873bg6pnm7.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> In-Reply-To: <20060421222605.GW38619@funkthat.com> References: <874q0mpp2y.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> <20060421222605.GW38619@funkthat.com>
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Doug> We're having problems with FreeBSD 5.4, 6.0, and 6.1 and an ICP Doug> Vortex GDT8546RZ 4 port SATA RAID John-Mark> We've had very similar experiences on 4.7-R. The box would John-Mark> hang on one partition waiting for IO to come back, but John-Mark> direct access to the disk, or accessing other partitions John-Mark> would pass IO fine. Interesting, the opposite of our problems. It works perfectly for us on 4.x systems, but not in 5.4 and 6.x. Doug> Any advice is welcome. Well, except for "dump the Tyan S2460 Doug> motherboards" maybe. John-Mark> How about drop iir? While not as expensive as switching motherboards, still a pain. We've been very happy with our ICP cards. But your suggestion does have merit, especially as recent PCI-X and PCI-E ICP cards have no FreeBSD driver in sight.
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