Re: aacraid and large memory problem (2.6.0-test11)
Mark Haverkamp <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:22 -0800
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On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:35, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Greetings, > > Booting 2.6.0-test11 on a machine with 8GB memory and using the > aacraid driver results in a hang on boot. Passing mem=2048M causes it > to boot normally. 4GB also hangs. 2.6.0-test8 booted normally on this > same hardware. > > 8GB memory, dual xeon 3.06mhz with hyperthreading, RedHat 9 on it > currently. > > Happy to provide details on setup/software, etc. > > Perhaps this patch in 2.6.0-test9 is the culprit? > http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/0-test9/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c This patch is what made aacraid work with over 4 gig of memory for me. I have an 8 proc system with 16gig of memory and without this patch I get data corruption in high memory. I don't boot on the aacraid though. -- Mark Haverkamp <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ 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/