SCSI, SMP, and Supermicro, problems!

[David Raistrick]

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Supermicro SuperServer 6023P-8R with the X5DP8-G2 motherboard.


On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, David Raistrick wrote:

>
> Thanks everyone for all of the suggestions and help.
>
> Between Supermicro Support and myself we've decided to RMA the
> motherboard...it seems to have various issues:
>
>   Doesn't boot with tested-good recommended memory (Kingston
>    KVR266X72RC25/25)
>   SCSI related crashes with a UP 4.7-R GENERIC kernel
>   ATA related crashes with a SMP 4.7-R kernel when SCSI disabled (jumper
>    J22)
>   SCSI & ATA crashes with SMP 4.8-R kernel, with or without SCSI disks
>    installed.
>
>
> Hopefully a replacement board will clear most of this up.  I do know I'll
> need to tweak the 4.8-R em driver to fix the watchdog timeouts, and I may
> need to apply Richy's UNSWIZZLE patch down the road.
>
> The board is /very/ recent, dated 08/03...it's possible that it's just a
> bad one.
>
> Fingers crossed!
>
> ...david (awaiting the advance replacement)
>
>
>
>
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> david raistrick
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