Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:24:32 +0000 From: Richard Tector <richardtector@thekeelecentre.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Areca Disk Adapter Question Message-ID: <4B1BB090.6000108@thekeelecentre.com> In-Reply-To: <4B1B1657.3060001@denninger.net> References: <4B1B0C47.5080204@denninger.net> <20091206020745.GA68109@icarus.home.lan> <4B1B1657.3060001@denninger.net>
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On 06/12/2009 02:26, Karl Denninger wrote: > BUT BUT BUT - there is no way to clear the devices nodes from FreeBSD! > If I attempt a "camcontrol rescan all" after pulling a set the machine > instantly panics with uncompleted I/Os to the disks I did not tamper > with - whether I tell the adapter I did it first or not. > > With the 3ware drivers this is propagated through properly. Not so with > the Areca drivers. This is a fairly major problem in that it appears > that anything you do that causes a "da" device served by these boards to > disappear causes an instant panic. While this is expected behavior if > the device is in active use, it really, really sucks if it's not, as it > makes it flatly impossible to, for example, pull a disk carrier that has > a big drive on it you just ran a dump to. It may be worth you taking this up with Areca support also. I have a handful of their cards at work and one at home and had some issues with the HTTP interface on amd64 recently. They'd got back to me with a solution within a couple of days. Richard
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