From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Dec 1 13:33:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from red.gradwell.net (red.gradwell.net [195.149.39.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8023337B400 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:33:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 17729 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2000 21:32:56 -0000 Received: from ystwyth.demon.co.uk (HELO vaio.gradwell.com) (158.152.144.35) by pop3.gradwell.net with SMTP; 1 Dec 2000 21:32:56 -0000 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001201212649.03798548@pop3.gradwell.net> X-Sender: postmaster%pop3.peterg.org.uk@pop3.gradwell.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:32:54 +0000 To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org From: Peter Gradwell Subject: Mylex DAC960 Driver "online/offline" Cc: hirez@bratcave.org, cliff@onsea.com In-Reply-To: <20001129080234.A82620@demon.ildm.com> References: <3A24D2E4.27016268@nasby.net> <20001128145946.A80230@demon.ildm.com> <3A24D2E4.27016268@nasby.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I have a Mylex acceleraid 250 card in a FreeBSD 4.1 machine and when it boots it tells me that: ====== DAC960 BIOS Version 4.10-41 (Feb 02, 1999) Mylex Corporation DAC960PTL1 Firmware Version 4.07-0-29 DAC960 PCI Address: F4102000 Bus=0 Dev/Slot=13 Function=1 IRQ=11 DAC960 Memory = 8 MB (EDO/ECC) WARNING: 1 system drive offline WARNING: Dead SCSI device (Channel:Target) : 0:3 Press for BIOS options Press for RAID Configuration options 2 system drives installed Press any key to continue ====== - the off line disk is in a RAID 1 disk array is a RAID 1 disk array. The kernel then boots from this RAID 1 disk array. However, when FSCKing the / partition, (/dev/mlxd0s1a) it fails, because it thinks that mlxd0 is off line. I then get a fairly continuous stream of messages to the console saying: ====== mlxd0: drive online mlxd0: drive offline ====== I have contacted Mylex Tech Support and they say that this is a message given out by the kernel, and more properly, the FreeBSD driver in the kernel. However, they have no clue as to what or why that message is occurring, and more importantly, why it is occurring so much. Does anyone know why the kernel driver is reporting this. It doesn't seem sensible that the controller should be marking a drive off line and then online again, in a loop, ad infinitum. Mylex Tech Support agree. What does this message really mean? Many thanks peter -- peter gradwell; online @ http://www.gradwell.com/peter/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message