Re: AW: Any resolution of PERC3/Di crashes with recent 2.4.x kernels?

I've been able to run without any crashes, by putting the OS on an 
external disk array, and only using the PERC3/Di for data.

I have no clue, whatsoever, why this works though. ;)

-Andy

Matthias Pigulla wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> just to contribute... I think I was the one who started the recent discussions as my PE2650 crashed with fairly strange symptoms. Unfortunately, we have not been able to figure out the reasons (and I guess we never will).
> 
> However, after recovering from the crash everything seemed to be stable again. When 2.4.22 was released about two weeks ago, I immediately upgraded to it. Everything has been running fine so far with Hyperthreading enabled...
> 
> Best regards,
> Matthias
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von: Brian P Kasper [mailto:[email protected]] 
>>Gesendet: Montag, 8. September 2003 18:57
>>An: [email protected]
>>Betreff: Any resolution of PERC3/Di crashes with recent 2.4.x kernels?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>I'm currently running a fully-patched RH7.0 on a PE4400 with 
>>2 P-III CPUs (kernel 2.2.22-7.0.3smp).
>>
>>I'm about to upgrade to RH7.3, the latest version of Red Hat 
>>Linux Dell recommends on the PE4400 (according to my customer 
>>rep).  I'm concerned that this may lead to problems with the 
>>aacraid driver for my PERC3/Di RAID controller, as described 
>>in threads about setting AAC_NUM_IO_FIB, hyperthreading, and 
>>recent 2.4.x kernels on this list (ref the "PE2650 / Perc 3Di 
>>crash" thread).
>>
>>The basic problem here seems to be crashes with 2.4.2[12] 
>>kernels, the aacraid driver, and the PERC3/Di hardware.  I 
>>can't tell from the postings if the problem only occurs with 
>>Hyperthreading or not.
>>
>>Is this a fair synopsis of the problem?  If so, does anyone 
>>have any clues which might point towards resolution of the 
>>problem?  I'd hate to upgrade to one of these kernels if it's 
>>going to make my system unstable.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your time.
>>
>>-Brian Kasper
>> The Aerospace Corporation
>> [email protected]
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Linux-aacraid-devel mailing list
>>[email protected] 
>>http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linu> x-aacraid-devel
>>
>>Please read the FAQ at 
>>http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list archives at 
> 
> http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-aacraid-devel mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-aacraid-devel
> Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/

-- 
Andy De Petter - Expert  IT Analyst - [email protected]
Belgacom ANS/NTA/IST - Carlistraat  2 - 1140 Brussels (Belgium)
Head office: Koning Albert II Laan 27 - 1030 Brussels (Belgium)
Tel +32 (0)2 7061170  -  Fax +32 (0)2 7061150  -  ICQ  #1548957

*** DISCLAIMER ***
This e-mail and any attachments thereto may contain information, which
is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and
are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use
of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to,
total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any
form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited.
If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender
either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any
computer. Thank you for your cooperation.

_______________________________________________
Linux-aacraid-devel mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-aacraid-devel
Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/