Re: Re[2]: kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang ?

Hi all,

This afternoon, and after so many weeks of testing,
installing , patching and so on for trying to get
stable linux on my new machine, I just tested a w2k
installation to see if everything was ok what concern
the hardware I get in my host and everything is ok. 

I copied many little and big files until now and my
disks don't suck ... so I can now confirm problems I
get with my host come well from a bug somewhere in
linux os ( maybe driver, smp , ... ).

So I hope somebody will find a solution so I can
install as soon as possible my web server on this
machine.

vincent

--- Rob Hall <rhall-UwkSZrAjFfcI+gDC1np/[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello Vincent,
> 
> Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 12:28:29 PM, you wrote:
> 
> VB> Because I have the same problem ( see my post
> earlier
> VB> ), I don't understand where you disable this
> VB> hperthreading functionality ( maybe it is only
> for PIV
> VB> or a DELL server). I have a bi-processor Athlon
> MP,
> VB> can I do the same and finally, is that sure our
> VB> problem comes with this.
> 
> Athlon MP's do not support HyperThreading.
> 
> 
> VB> --- Javier Rodriguez <jlr-slrnY02Ltykg9ELcbhaJlAC/[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>  
> >> With HyperThreading disabled, I was able to run
> with
> >> RedHat
> >> kernel-smp-2.4.20-13.9 for 4 days without a
> problem.
> >> The second server
> >> executing RedHat kernel-2.4.20-13.9 with
> >> HyperThreading disabled has been up
> >> for 6 days.
> >>  
> >> Javier
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On
> >> Behalf Of Javier Rodriguez
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:05 PM
> >> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >> Cc: [email protected];
> >> [email protected]
> >> Subject: RE: kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset
> >> request. SCSI hang ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I have the following update regarding testing
> with
> >> our two 2650 servers
> >>  
> >> - With HyperThreading enabled, I was able to
> execute
> >> RedHat kernel-2.4.20-9
> >> for 72 hours without a problem on both servers.
> >> - With HyperThreading disabled, I was able to
> >> execute RedHat
> >> kernel-2.4.20-13.9 for 49 hours without a problem
> on
> >> both servers.
> >>  
> >> This evening, I switched one of our 2650 servers
> to
> >> execute RedHat
> >> kernel-smp-2.4.20-13.9 with HyperThreading
> disabled.
> >> With HyperThreading
> >> enabled, this version would normally fail us in
> less
> >> then 24 hours (no
> >> longer than 48 hours), so well see what happens.
> >> After the reboot, I did not
> >> receive the 'Can't get RTC IO port" message in
> the
> >> dmesg log.
> >>  
> >> The other 2650 server is still executing RedHat
> >> kernel-2.4.20-13.9 with
> >> HyperThreading disabled.
> >>  
> >> Javier
> >>  
> >>  
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On
> >> Behalf Of
> >> [email protected]
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:08 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Cc: [email protected]
> >> Subject: FW: kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset
> >> request. SCSI hang ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Follow the path, seems we have problem with
> aacraid
> >> or scsi layer in smp
> >> kernels and possibly hyperthreading.
> >> Steve
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: eric.rietjens-//[email protected]
> >> [mailto:eric.rietjens-//[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:38 AM
> >> To: Boley, Steve
> >> Subject: RE: kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset
> >> request. SCSI hang ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> No openmanage software has been installed on our
> >> 2650 servers. 
> >> 
> >> The server with the SMP kernel but without
> >> hyperthreading is still running
> >> without problems (and it also produces the "Can't
> >> get RTC IO port" message).
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Eric. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>       
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> [email protected] 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 03-06-2003 16:00 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>         
> >>         To:        Eric
> >> Rietjens/EHV/TASS/PHILIPS@EMEA3 
> >>         cc:         
> >>         Subject:        RE: kernel: aacraid: Host
> >> adapter reset request.
> >> SCSI hang ? 
> >> 
> >>         Classification:         
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Do you have the openmanage loaded?  If so see if
> it
> >> does it without it
> >> loaded. 
> >> Steve 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: eric.rietjens-//[email protected]
> >> [mailto:eric.rietjens-//[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:58 AM
> >> To: linux-poweredge-Lp/cVzEoVyZskZv2Y/7f+AC/[email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset
> >> request. SCSI hang ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I have similar problems with three of our 2650
> >> servers. If I use the SMP
> >> kernel (2.4.18-27.7.xsmp) I can reproduce the
> >> problem within 15 minutes. 
> >> If I use the non-SMP kernel (2.4.18-27-7.x) the
> >> problem does not occur. 
> >> 
> >> Today I ran some tests with the SMP kernel, but
> with
> >> hyperthreading
> >> disabled. Although not tested as extensively as 
> the
> >> non-SMP kernel, the
> >> problem 
> >> does not occur any more. So the SMP-kernel
> without
> >> hyperthreading on a 2650
> >> also seems to work. 
> >> 
> >> If I check the kernel log messages (dmesg) there
> is
> >> an error mesage when I
> >> use the SMP kernel: "Can't get RTC IO port". This
> >> message is not  generated
> >> when I use the non-SMP kernel. Could this be
> related
> >> with the RAID driver
> >> problems we are seeing? 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Eric. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> 
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