Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:22:24 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> To: Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [IMPORTANT] Adaptec no longer supporting iir(4) driver ... Message-ID: <20060801122018.L27679@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060801150857.7b28ddf3@dansknet.dk> References: <20060731220931.R27679@ganymede.hub.org> <20060801150857.7b28ddf3@dansknet.dk>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Rico Secada wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:44:01 -0300 (ADT) > User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> wrote: > > Seems to me like the best solution is to boykott Adaptec like OpenBSD did. Actually, based on the thread going on on -stable right now, from ppl that are talking to Adaptec, the issue is that the cards that use the iir(4) driver, at least as far as I'm reading things, are no longer considered supported ... Adaptec / ICP Vortex *is* coming out with newer cards, that will be supported by FreeBSD, but they won't fall under the iir(4) driver ... So the problem is more 'older cards with newer operating system' ... > >> >> 'k, I finally got ahold of someone @ adaptec, and the official word seems >> to be: >> >> "FreeBSD 6 is not officially supported for the "GDT" based ICP RAID >> controllers. Nevertheless the inbox driver should work." >> >> Great, well, the inbox driver doesn't work with FreeBSD 6.x, and support >> doesn't exist to get it fixed, mainly since, as most ppl here know, the >> specs are closed, so even a non-Adaptec person can't do much to fix the >> problem(s) ... >> >> For those that haven't been following the discussion on this, the iir(4) >> driver in FreeBSD 6.x appears to have a deadlock issue under medium to >> heavy load, where the 'blocked' state just continues to rise until file >> accesses just no longer work ... >> >> So, if you are running a server that is using the iir(4) device driver and >> are considering upgrading to FreeBSD 6.x and beyond, or are looking to >> build a new machine using a device that relies on this driver, do so at >> your own peril ... >> >> Please note that this deadlock issue exists on *both* the ICP Vortex >> cards, *and* the Intel based RAID controllers ... >> >> If anyone from Adaptec is out there and is actually interested in seeing >> this problem fixed, *please* let me know ... I have three servers, all >> three exhibiting this problem, and one of them is fully loaded with the >> kernel debug stuff so that I can (I think) give you almost *anything* you >> want in the way of information concerning the problem ... >> >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) >> Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org >> Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
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