On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed November 11 2009, Richard Scobie wrote: > > Thomas Fjellstrom wrote: > > > Thats the problem he was trying to get away from. the MV8 controller > > > likes to offline disks when a few smart commands arrive. at least with > > > the main kernel drivers. But then the main kernel mvsas drivers decide > > > to give up if you even attempt to start a raid array on them. The > > > controller locks up and you have to reboot. Most of the time a reboot > > > even fails when it tries to sync the block devices, so a hard reset is > > > in order. > > > > OK, I did not know the Marvell controller also has a problem with > > smartmontools. > > Given the state of the in kernel drivers, its probably a driver issue. > Thanks for the replies, all. I'll bet it's the driver - it doesn't feel quite right that a random external command can easily drop drives off the controller, be it smartmontools or mdadm. Thomas, I tried sending a private email to Andy Yan. I haven't got a reply, which kind of isn't surprising in this world of spam. Can I ask you for a referral - could you send him an email asking him if I can have the patch and how to test it? Also, to list-dwellers: I'd greatly appreciate further tips on PCIe SAS HBAs. Thanks! -- 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
