Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 03:27:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3ware & mysql, again Message-ID: <200105281027.f4SARVA10559@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 May 2001 12:09:52 %2B0200." <15122.9200.25027.249780@raw.grenland.fast.no>
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> Mike Smith writes:
> > >
> > > I recall something about this on another FreeBSD list a week or so ago.
> > > Supposedly there is a firmware update available that fixes this problem.
> >
> > It's not clear whether Raymond is talking about the same symptoms or not
> > (as he doesn't clarify this). It's not certain that 3ware have actually
> > fixed the problem yet; last I heard they were still working on it.
>
> Hum. Ok. The actual error messages (from dmesg and
> /var/log/messages) were of the form
> "twe0: command failed - device failure". At this point it was
> impossible to do *anything* to the filesystem(s) on the disks
> connected to the 3ware controller.
This is a totally different and unrelated failure. It's not clear what
is going wrong here though; I'll have to ask 3ware what this suggests.
> I've looked at 3Ware's web site, and they claim that the new
> firmware (version 6.6) fixes certain problems with RAID 5
> configurations. My configuration is RAID 0, so it is entirely possible
> that the new firmware will have no effect for me.
The RAID 5 issue is not related to this (and does not affect FreeBSD).
> Version 6.6 supposedly requires an updated driver - is the
> driver in -stable so updated? If so, I'll go ahead and backup my data
> and upgrade the firmware.
No driver changes are required.
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