Re: difference between arcmsr (areca) 1.20.0X.13 & 2.6.20 in tree driver?

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The RAID card in question has reported an "SPD CheckSum Error" (bad
ram?) during system power on so it's looking like this is probably a
hardware or firmware problem and not a driver issue.

-J

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On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:45:38AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:21:35 -1000 Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> 
> [adding linux-scsi]
> 
> > Has anyone else noticed this regression?
> > 
> > -J
> > 
> > --
> > ----- Forwarded message from Joshua Hoblitt <[email protected]> -----
> > 
> > From: Joshua Hoblitt <[email protected]>
> > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:38:20 -1000
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: difference between 1.20.0X.13 & 2.6.20 in tree driver?
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I just attempted to upgrade a system from 2.6.17 (gentoo revision 8) w/
> > 1.20.0X.13 to 2.6.20 (gentoo revision 4) with the in tree arcmsr driver.
> > On the 2.6.17 kernel there are 2 ~4TB partitions that are visible on
> > the system as /dev/sdb1 & /dev/sdc1.  When the system is booted with the
> > 2.6.20 kernel /dev/sdc1 is gone and /dev/sdb1 is properly reported as a
> > 4TB EFI partition but fsck rejects the the filesystem as corrupt.  Is
> > this a regression or has there been a fundamental change in the way
> > arcmsr represents the array to the block layer?
> > 
> > Here is the info on the RAID card:
> > 
> >     Controller Name     ARC-1170
> >     Firmware Version    V1.39 2005-12-13
> >     BOOT ROM Version    V1.39 2005-12-13
> >     Serial Number   Y605CAAVAR700117
> >     Unit Serial #    
> >     Main Processor  500MHz IOP331
> >     CPU ICache Size     32KBytes
> >     CPU DCache Size     32KBytes / Write Back
> >     System Memory   256MB / 333MHz
> > 
> > Any idea as to what's going on?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -J
> > 
> > --
> > Under 2.6.20:
> > 
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER4: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2005-12-13
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( RAID6 capable)
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.00.13
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Areca    ARC-1170-VOL#00  R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB) 
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA 
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). 
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sdb: sdb1
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
> > Mar 29 15:41:05 ipp000 scsi 4:0:16:0: Processor         Areca    RAID controller  R001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> > 
> > Under 2.6.17:
> > 
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: 64BITS PCI BUS DMA ADDRESSING SUPPORTED
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2005-12-13
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 scsi4 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( RAID6 capable)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Driver Version 1.20.0X.13
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca     Model: ARC-1170-VOL#00   Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: 8595693568 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400995 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb:<4>Alternate GPT is invalid, using primary GPT.
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdb1
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca     Model: ARC-1170-VOL#01   Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400937 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: 8595580928 512-byte hdwr sectors (4400937 MB)
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Write Protect is off
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: Mode Sense: cb 00 00 08
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sdc: sdc1
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi disk sdc
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Vendor: Areca     Model: RAID controller   Rev: R001
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 4:0:16:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 3
> > Mar 29 15:45:11 ipp000 arcmsr device major number 254
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> > 
> 
> 
> ---
> ~Randy
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***

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