From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 22:28:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0240116A4CE for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:28:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.faerunconsulting.com (vadsl-pppoe-jcnj-cst-216-182-31-61.tellurian.net [216.182.31.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 987A643D54 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:28:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@carrollkong.com) Received: (qmail 50515 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2004 22:28:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO athena) (192.168.0.2) by dmz.faerunhome.com with SMTP; 8 Sep 2004 22:28:20 -0000 Message-ID: <18e901c495f3$2511eda0$0200a8c0@athena> From: "Carroll Kong" To: "Carroll Kong" , "Jason Thomson" , References: <40CD80F1.6020107@mintel.com><52270.24.8.51.173.1087217572.squirrel@webmail.liquidneon.com><40CDAA9A.1090507@mintel.com> <17b501c495d9$84af2850$0200a8c0@athena> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:28:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4942.400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4942.400 cc: vkayshap@amcc.com cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: 3Ware 8506 Series, 3DM, Upgrading to 9000 Series X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 22:28:23 -0000 > Dear Collective, > > We're using a 3Ware 8506-8 card in a production box running RELENG_4_9, > and have had a few lockups that appear to be related to the card > stopping responding. The logs reveal very little (presumably because it > can't write logging information to disk!), there was no Panic so I don't > have /var/crash information (Again i suspect even if there was a panic, > if it can't write to disk...). What harddisks are you using? Are you using maxtors as well? I am beginning to believe it might be some weird issue with maxtors + 3wares in communicating errors. At least one other member here noticed that as well and the other gentleman with the 7506 problem noticed that characteristic against a set of 10 3ware cards. Through anectodal evidence, a colleague of mine had issues as well with a 3ware card... once again using maxtor disks. - Carroll Kong