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Re: Feb12 release...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yuri mironoff)
Sun Feb 16 22:21:39 1997
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:54:09 -0500 (EST)
From: yuri mironoff <yuri@rgti.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199702130024.SAA15944@iworks.InterWorks.org>
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Daniel M. Eischen wrote:
>
> I've placed the Feb12 release of the driver at:
>
> ftp://ftp.pcnet.com/users/eischen/Linux/aic7xxx-2.1.23-Feb12.tgz
>
My machine still locks solid when I run bonnie. Its strange, but
I can 'dd' two of my drives into /dev/null with no adverse results,
yet bonnie produces a guaranteed lockup. When I run with the
aicxxx=verbose, I get a nice "Can't get a free page" and the a slew
of timeout errors - none of this makes into the error log
unfortunately.
Whats even stranger is that the nice "buffer.c" patch - even though it
approximately doubles the disk throughput ;))) - accelerates the machine's
death under bonnie. (ie it keels over immediately after bonnie starts
running)
Substituting an NCR-825 based controller into the equation gets rid of
the locksups. Ditto with a borrowed DPT 2044UW. (As a matter of fact
I can run 2 bonnies in parallel.) This pretty much guarantees proper
termination, etc. :(
Regards,
Y.
Supermicro P6DNE 2x200
Linux 2.0.29
32 mb Parity EDO
Adaptec 2940UW
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DORS-32160W Rev: WA6A
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL540S Rev: 1Q09
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-3601TA Rev: 0725
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
