Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:51:31 -0700 From: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> To: Alasdair Lumsden <enquiries@alivewww.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Ware 8506 Series, 3DM, Upgrading to 9000 Series Message-ID: <20040701215131.GA83112@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <1088701228.2638.86.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com> References: <1088701228.2638.86.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com>
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Have you gotten a crashdump after one of these lockups? Alasdair Lumsden (enquiries@alivewww.com) wrote: > Dear Collective, > > We're using a 3Ware 8506-8 card in a production box running RELENG_4_9, > and have had a few lockups that appear to be related to the card > stopping responding. The logs reveal very little (presumably because it > can't write logging information to disk!), there was no Panic so I don't > have /var/crash information (Again i suspect even if there was a panic, > if it can't write to disk...). > > I do remember seeing a message along the lines of "swappager: Timeout > waiting on twe0" or similar on the console. This is why I suspect the > problem is related to the 3Ware card, especially given that all disk > writes just cease. > > I've got the box logging on serial console now so if it happens again > I'll have the exact error messages. > > The machine is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHz with 3Gb ram, running RELENG_4_9 > (-p9). I've attached dmesg output at the end of the email. > > Sadly due to the fact this is a production box, debugging options are > limited. So basically my questions are: > > 1. Is anyone else experiencing similar problems with the 8506 Card? > > 2. How stable are the twe drivers, and is it likely that the symptoms > I've listed are caused by the 3Ware Card/Drivers? > > 3. Is it worth upgrading to the 9000 series card, given that this is a > production box and stability is vital? I noticed on the 3Ware website > recently: > > "For 3ware 7000 and 8000 series RAID controllers FreeBSD drivers are > beta." > > At the time we bought the card, there was no such message on their > website and reports were that the card worked fine on FreeBSD. > > Thanks again for any help/advice on the matter. > > dmesg output: > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p9 #0: Mon Jun 7 20:03:33 BST 2004 > alasdair@psa1.123dns.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PSA1-2004-06-07 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2799.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 > > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > real memory = 3221225472 (3145728K bytes) > avail memory = 3134451712 (3060988K bytes) > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #1 > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #2 > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 > cpu1 (AP): apic id: 6, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 > io0 (APIC): apic id: 7, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec00000 > io1 (APIC): apic id: 8, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80000 > io2 (APIC): apic id: 9, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80400 > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0345000. > Warning: Pentium 4 CPU: PSE disabled > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > Using $PIR table, 12 entries at 0xc00f47f0 > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > IOAPIC #0 intpin 16 -> irq 2 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 18 -> irq 9 > IOAPIC #0 intpin 17 -> irq 10 > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > pcib1: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=2543)> at device 2.0 on > pci0 > pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > pci2: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 28.0 > pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 29.0 on > pci2 > IOAPIC #2 intpin 0 -> irq 11 > pci4: <PCI bus> on pcib2 > em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.16> port > 0xdc00-0xdc3f mem 0xfe9e0000-0xfe9fffff irq 11 at device 1.0 on pci4 > em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A > pci2: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 30.0 > pcib3: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 31.0 on > pci2 > IOAPIC #1 intpin 0 -> irq 16 > pci3: <PCI bus> on pcib3 > twe0: <3ware Storage Controller> port 0xcc00-0xcc0f mem > 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff,0xfe8ffc00-0xfe8ffc0f irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci3 > twe0: 8 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 > pci0: <UHCI USB controller> at 29.0 irq 2 > pcib4: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) Hub to PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on > pci0 > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib4 > fxp0: <Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xac00-0xac3f mem > 0xfd7a0000-0xfd7bffff,0xfd7fe000-0xfd7fefff irq 10 at device 1.0 on pci1 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:e0:81:27:f5:ba > inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > pci1: <ATI Mach64-GR graphics accelerator> at 2.0 irq 9 > isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=8086 device=2480)> at device 31.0 on > pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <Intel ICH3 ATA100 controller> port > 0xffa0-0xffaf,0-0x3,0-0x7,0-0x3,0-0x7 irq 9 at device 31.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2483) at 31.3 irq 10 > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem > 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc8fff,0xc9800-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcc7ff on isa0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on > isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on > isa0 > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 16550A, console > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery > APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 > IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding > enabled, default to accept, logging limited to 100 packets/entry by > default > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-152A> at ata0-slave PIO4 > twed0: <Unit 0, TwinStor, Normal> on twe0 > twed0: 239371MB (490232704 sectors) > twe0: command interrupt > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/twed0s1a > em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -ps
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