The c3600 doesn't have any PCI-X slots (only PCI) as far as I can tell from user manuals. The SY-PCX40009 PCI-X card that I have says it supports two models: 32-bit at 66 MHz and 64-bit at 133 MHz. The 32-bit slots in c3600 are 33 MHz. Whether the card will work at 33 MHz is not clear. The card says it's backward compatible to PCI 2.3. On 2019-05-12 4:44 p.m., Carlo Pisani wrote: > guys, > I asked a friend to lend us his card, which is the card2 listed below > and not things are becoming really weird > > card1, Silicon Image, Inc. Adaptec AAR-1210SA > card2, Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3124 PCI-X Serial ATA > > the card1 is a PCI32 bit card, and uses the "sata_sil" driver > the card2 is a PCI64 bit card, and uses the "sata_sil24" driver > > card1 is installed in a PCI32 slot, and it's moving 32Gbyte in a loop > without any issue > > I have just tested card2 in each of the PCI-X slot (including the 3.3V > one) and ... it has always triggered the HPMC unit, crashing the > machine > > the hardware is different, and drivers are also different, but .... > maybe the problem is related to 32 vs 64bit? > > I am going to repeat the test with card2 installed in a PCI32 slot. > This should force it to 32bit: will it work correctly? > (hope this makes sense) > > --- > > we have also checked if the kernel is correctly handling the ram > we have a C3600 with 8Gbyte of ram > > mount -t tmpfs -o size=7G tmpfs /mnt/ramdrive/ > dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ramdrive/test.bin > badblocks -swv /mnt/ramdrive/test.bin > > checking for bad blocks in read-write mode > >From block 0 to 7340031 > Testing with pattern 0xaa: done > Reading and comparing: done > Testing with pattern 0x55: done > Reading and comparing: done > Testing with pattern 0xff: done > Reading and comparing: done > Testing with pattern 0x00: done > Reading and comparing: done > Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. > > no problems found > -- John David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx
