From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 13:09:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80C9616A4E2 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:09:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from coolzone@io.dk) Received: from dansknet.dk (smtp1.dansknet.dk [85.233.229.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 782F143D5D for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:09:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from coolzone@io.dk) Received: (qmail 811 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2006 14:22:48 -0000 Received: from 85233229074.switch.dansknet.dk (HELO dansknet.dk) (85.233.229.74) by dansknet.dk with SMTP; 1 Aug 2006 14:22:48 -0000 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:08:57 +0200 From: Rico Secada To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060801150857.7b28ddf3@dansknet.dk> In-Reply-To: <20060731220931.R27679@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060731220931.R27679@ganymede.hub.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.19; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [IMPORTANT] Adaptec no longer supporting iir(4) driver ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:09:04 -0000 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:44:01 -0300 (ADT) User Freebsd wrote: Seems to me like the best solution is to boykott Adaptec like OpenBSD did. > > '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" >