Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:18:24 +0100 From: Hilko Meyer <Hilko.Meyer@gmx.de> To: Ulf Lilleengen <lulf@stud.ntnu.no> Cc: adnan@hochpass.uni-hannover.de, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System freeze with gvinum Message-ID: <des5j4pqfbceh1hg4ad26arivjdmcqvr7m@mail.gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20081130153558.GA2120@nobby.lan> References: <fmg3j4lkbngkmcm41lvbrjvuj2o4iagcvb@4ax.com> <20081130153558.GA2120@nobby.lan>
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Ulf Lilleengen schrieb: >On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:47:59PM +0100, Hilko Meyer wrote: >>=20 >> I've tried to set up a raid-5 over three disks with gvinum today with = this >> gvinum.conf: >>=20 >> drive sata1 device /dev/ad4 >> drive sata2 device /dev/ad5 >> drive sata3 device /dev/ad6 >>=20 >> volume homes_raid5 >> plex org raid5 512k >> sd length 238465m drive sata1 >> sd length 238465m drive sata2 >> sd length 238465m drive sata3 >> volume dump_raid5 >> plex org raid5 512k >> sd length 238465m drive sata1 >> sd length 238465m drive sata2 >> sd length 238465m drive sata3 >>=20 >> Every time I tried to run newfs on one of the volumes it stucked and = the >> complete system freezed, so I cannot provide a coredump. The system = runs=20 >> 6.4-RELEASE that was compiled today. What can I do to debug this = problem? >>=20 >Hmm, do you have any console output before the freeze? Such as g_* = messages? Unfortunately nothing. >This might be a gvinum bug, but can also be a problem with the sata = driver. How can I test the sata driver? After writing the mail yesterday we used dump|restore to copy several gigabytes to ad4s1a and no problems occured in this test. >> Involved hardware: >> atapci0: <nVidia nForce MCP65 UDMA133 controller> >> ad4: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500320NS SN05> at ata2-master UDMA33 >> ad5: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500320NS SN05> at ata2-slave UDMA33 >> ad6: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500320NS SN05> at ata3-master UDMA33 >>=20 >> BTW: That are SATA-disks. Why they are reported as UDMA33? >Seems weird. Maybe there are some bios settings turning of AHCI-mode? Ah, I think I know were to look for that. I'll try tomorrow. bye, Hilko
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