Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 15:14:34 -0400 From: technews <technews@giallarhorn.org> To: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gmirror panic with SiI 3726 when array is degraded Message-ID: <4C02B91A.6000206@giallarhorn.org> In-Reply-To: <4BFDE813.4090201@FreeBSD.org> References: <mailpost.1274922104.9085931.80471.mailing.freebsd.stable@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <4BFDE813.4090201@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5/26/2010 11:33 PM, Alexander Motin wrote: > technews wrote: > >> So I've started using gmirror recently to mirror 2 1.5 TB drives however >> if I reboot the machine or 'gmirror stop -f data1' while the array is >> been rebuilt I get the panic below. >> Rebooting without geom_mirror loaded does not cause a panic >> Rebooting with geom_mirror loaded and the drives disconnected does not >> cause a panic. >> The drives are in an "Rosewill RSV-S4-X 4 Bay SATA to eSATA (Port >> Multiplier) JBOD / RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 Enclosure" connected over a SiI >> 3726 (rev=1706) adapter >> Rebooting with the drives mounted normally does not cause a panic >> I'm using the latest and greatest firmware, the panics occurred before >> the update >> > It would be nice if you build kernel with debugger and got a stack > backtrace to show where problem occurred. > > Also, if you like your port multiplier to work much faster and stable - > I would strongly suggest you to update to 8-STABLE (or wait forthcoming > 8.1-RELEASE, if you prefer releases) and use new siis(4) driver for your > SiI3132 SATA controller. Port Multiplier support in ata(4) driver left > in embryo level and won't be improved. > > Thanks Alexander, I'll update to 8-STABLE and give the siis(4) driver a try. Its not really worth wasting time on something that's not going to be touched any more.
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