From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 02:39:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33DC916A4CE; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:39:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mikehost.net (lvs-1.voxel.net [207.99.115.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A1D43D48; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:39:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@mike2k.com) Received: by mail.mikehost.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id A264E1C14E; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A000C1BBEA; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:08:07 -0700 (PDT) From: mike X-X-Sender: mike@sql01.internal.mikehost.net To: "James R. Van Artsalen" In-Reply-To: <40D8E40D.5090805@jrv.org> Message-ID: References: <200406221811.47868.Peter_Losher@isc.org> <40D8E40D.5090805@jrv.org> mike: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org cc: Vinod Kashyap Subject: Re: [freebsd-amd64] Re: [freebsd-amd64] Possible 3ware 8506-12SATA Controller issues... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:39:25 -0000 According to 3ware this is a dangerous setup =) I was able to get it to recognize the 8506 as a 7xxx, but he said it wasn't guaranteed to work at all. Also I liked using the 3dm and cli tools so I could schedule the integrity and media checks and such. However, I didn't spend $4500-5000 to have a half-ass compatible box. There was the software compatibility issue as well as the motherboard/riser card possibility as well. Hoever, I was told going the 9500 route, they'd support it; and I wanted to be doing the right thing here. On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, James R. Van Artsalen wrote: > Peter Losher wrote: > > >>You might want to upgrade to twe in -CURRENT, and see if that > >>makes a difference. > >> > >> > > > >Tried compiling a 5.2.1 kernel w/ the twe driver plopped from -CURRENT > >cvsup'ed 30 minutes ago, and it didn't go to well: > > > > > > 5.2.1-release w/8506-8 seems to work for me on AMD64 with 8 GB of RAM in > a Tyan S2885 with two Opteron 248 CPUs in a slot jumpered to 64/66 PCI > rather than PCI-X. > > I'm not trying to use any twe-specific monitoring tools and haven't > tested to see if the twe driver notices disk errors. > > I believe that the driver does not handle more than 4 GB of RAM and > requires bounce-buffers. > > Testing consisted of running "make buildworld" in a loop with a kernel > building in a loop at the same; see if it's still running after a week > and fsck is clean. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >