>Andrew Burgess <aab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >I'm seeing hard system lockups with 2.6.15-rc5 when trying to use a >> >RAID-6 array as a PV for LVM2. >> >> >I've got four SATA disks hanging off a Marvell 6081 controller. The disks >> >work great when I access them "raw" (without going through md or dm). >> >Nice & fast & reliable. The disks work great when used "raw" as PVs >> >for an LVM2 setup. And they work great when used in a RAID-6 array. >> >> I've been unable to use either 2.6.14 or 2.6.15 due to bogus scsi errors, not >> exactly what you see but you might try 2.6.13.4 which works flawlessly for me, >> LVM using raid6 PV's, some of the raid6 devices use some raid1 components. >Are you using a Marvell controller? Do you have MSI enabled by any >chance? I had to disable MSI to get it to communicate reliably. Sorry I should have said. I have 4 3ware controllers, 2 sata, 2 pata... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
