3ware 9500 locks up on 6.0-stable!

[Vinod R Kashyap]

On 1/9/06, Alfred Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> * Vinod R Kashyap <vinodrk at gmail.com> [060109 12:35] wrote:
> >
> >    On 1/9/06, Alfred Perlstein <[1]alfred at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >    These messages are normal under heavy loads if you have bootverbose
> >    on,
> >    and should not cause any lockups.  You might want to turn bootverbose
> >    off
> >    if you are seeing a lot of these.  You seem to be using a 5.x driver
> >    version (3.50.xx.xxx) on 6.0.  You might want to move to a 6.xversion
> >    (3.60.xx.xxx).
>
> 1.) I am not really under any heavy load, the machine is pretty idle.
> 2.) that information was pasted from a 5.x machine, so I was running
> the correct driver with the correct OS. :)
>
> >
> >    I have moved out of maintaining the 3ware driver.  Please contact
> >    3ware Support if you have problems.
> >
> >      And things seem fine... for now... there is currently a rebuild
> >      and it's 12% complete.
> >      Additionally it seems that under FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 the 3dm web
> >      tool does not function.
> >
> >
> >    3dm should work both on 5.4 & 6.0.  Contact 3ware Support if you have
> >    problems.
>
> Know a name I can ask for?  I'm a kernel-type guy so I can really give
> good diagnostics if the person is interested.  I just would like to
> avoid jumping through a lot of lower level support channels if possible.


Unfortunately, I cannot give you any names.  You will have to contact
Support,
and one of the Support personnel should help you.

--
> - Alfred Perlstein
>