-----Original Message----- From: ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heinz Mauelshagen Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 5:02 PM To: ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak,Highpoint 370) related discussions Subject: Re: isw brokenness On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:29:24AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > I am working on a bug report from a user with a 3 disk stripe set using an > isw controller and have found an inconsistency in the metadata on one of > the disks which causes dmraid to reject it. Specifically, get_disk() in > isw.c compares the serial number recorded in the disk section with the one > recorded in the device section and fails if they do not match. The strange > thing is that this users' other two disks match, but one does not. > > I was wondering if this was developed with documentation from Intel, Yes. > and > are the numbers supposed to match for sure? If so, would that mean there > is a bug in this users' bios? And would it be acceptable to disable this > check as a workaround? By the way, Intel's windows driver does not appear > to care and the array works normally in windows for this user. To answer these questions, we need Intel to comment, please. We are expecting a new patch for dmraid this week. Please check, if the new version resolves these issues. If not, we will need a list of disks (dmraid -b) and the complete metadata listing (dmraid -n) using the new version of dmraid. Sorry for the delay in answering. Adam Cetnerowski Intel Technology Poland _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
