[freebsd-amd64] Possible 3ware 8506-12 SATA Controller issues...

[David O'Brien]

Vinod,

As the FreeBSD 3Ware driver maintainer can you address these driver
concerns on AMD64 hardware [in 64-bit mode]?

thanks,
-- David


On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 07:36:56AM -0700, mike wrote:
> I had nearly the exact same card and setup - dual opteron, freebsd-amd64,
> 5.2.1-REL, 8506-8 card.
> 
> When I called 3ware the guy told me AMD64 support for FreeBSD would be in
> their 9000 series of cards - so I sent back my 8506-8 and got a 9500S-8.
> BNesides for the hardware and BIOS improvements, they also did come out
> with a driver as well. I could not get it to work loaded in the kernel and
> kernel modules do not work for AMD64 yet. SO right now I have an email out
> to the guys there asking if they can help me out.
> 
> Apparently they only tested it for FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.1. However, they did
> mention that support for the 8500 series and FreeBSD 5/amd64 would be much
> later in the summer or year. Further reason why I took the hassle to RMA
> the 8500 card and get the 9500S.
> 
> My kernel also recognized the old card, even though the 3ware tech guy
> said "that is not supported properly, it might see it, but it won't work
> good" - the driver might work halfway, but you're also missing out on all
> the 3dm utils and whatnot, which are important to the maintenance of your
> array. The newest drivers for the 9500 series include all that - so they
> are providing properly supported stuff for our platform now, if only I can
> get it to work with a 5.2.x series kernel.
> 
> I'd like to try it out as a kernel module, but kernel modules don't
> work yet in 5.2.x/AMD64. 3ware told me they need to get someone else
> involved to work on the kernel driver issue too...
> 
> So I've been patient waiting for them to help.
> 
> Email me back with any questions. I can give you my contact there so there
> can be an additional person bugging him for status on this. =)
> 
> Hope this helps!
> - mike
> 
> 
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Peter Losher wrote:
> 
> > So I am tracking down a possible controller issue with a dual-Opteron
> > system (running the amd64 port - 5.2.1-REL branch) which has a 3ware
> > 8506-12 SATA controller controlling 1.2TB of disk space.
> >
> > While the system iself is nice, under sustained high disk I/O, the system
> > randomly locks up hard. (requires a hard reset)
> >
> > In trying to diagnose the problem I noticed the kernel recognises it as a
> > 12 channel controller (albiet from the 7000 series):
> >
> > -=-
> > % grep twe /var/run/dmesg.boot
> > twe0: <3ware 7000 series Storage Controller. Driver version 1.50.00.000>
> > port 0x8c00-0x8c0f mem 0xfb800000-0xfbffffff,0xfc7ffc00-0xfc7ffc0f irq
> > 29 at device 1.0 on pci1
> > twe0: 12 ports, Firmware FE7S 1.05.00.063, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048
> > -=-
> >
> > When we took delivery of the system late last year, the 12 channel
> > version of the 8506 card was so new you had to run 5.2-RC2 to get a
> > version of the twe driver to support it.  Have there been changes to the
> > driver since then to better support this card?
> >
> > (Of course the problem may be elsewhere, the MB, CPU(s), memory...  The
> > joys of HW debugging)  Side note I have noticed that I can install 5.2.1
> > on the box and update to the latest patch level, but subequent 'make
> > buildworld's usually dies randomly on a signal 4 error.
> >
> > Best Wishes - Peter
> > --
> > Peter_Losher at isc.org | ISC | OpenPGP Key E8048D08 | "The bits must flow
> >
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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)