From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264358AbTLBUWf (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:22:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264365AbTLBUW0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:22:26 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:51432 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264358AbTLBUV2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:21:28 -0500 Subject: Re: aacraid and large memory problem (2.6.0-test11) From: Mark Haverkamp To: Kevin Fenzi Cc: linux-kernel , linux aacraid devel In-Reply-To: <20031202193520.74481F7CC8@voldemort.scrye.com> References: <20031202193520.74481F7CC8@voldemort.scrye.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070396482.16903.11.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:22 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:35, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Greetings, > > Booting 2.6.0-test11 on a machine with 8GB memory and using the > aacraid driver results in a hang on boot. Passing mem=2048M causes it > to boot normally. 4GB also hangs. 2.6.0-test8 booted normally on this > same hardware. > > 8GB memory, dual xeon 3.06mhz with hyperthreading, RedHat 9 on it > currently. > > Happy to provide details on setup/software, etc. > > Perhaps this patch in 2.6.0-test9 is the culprit? > http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/0-test9/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c This patch is what made aacraid work with over 4 gig of memory for me. I have an 8 proc system with 16gig of memory and without this patch I get data corruption in high memory. I don't boot on the aacraid though. -- Mark Haverkamp