Re: [Jfs-discussion] jfs mount causes oops on sparc64

[Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>]

On 7/2/05, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 14:13 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > I have a 6.9 TB jfs LVM volume on a sparc64 debian box, however mount
> > seems to cause an oops when I attempt to mount the volume:
> >
> > jfs_mount: diMount(ipaimap) failed w/rc = -5
> > data_access_exception: SFSR[0000000000801009] SFAR[000000000043f770], going.
> 
> > kernel is 2.6.12rc3 on debian sparc.  Any ideas?
> 
> JFS has never worked on architectures with a page size greater than 4K
> until (would you believe?) 2.6.12-rc4.  I bet if you would try a more
> recent kernel, you would no longer see this problem.
> 
> In case you would continue to see problems with a newer kernel, I'd like
> to know.  I'll be on vacation until July 13, so my email access will be
> sporadic.
> 

I too will be on vacation until July 17th, but thanks for the heads
up!  We should probably upgrade that box to the latest 2.6.12 kernel
anyway.

Thanks,

Alex

> Thanks,
> Shaggy
> --
> David Kleikamp
> IBM Linux Technology Center
> 
>
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