From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262030AbTLCV55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:57:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262063AbTLCV55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:57:57 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:62387 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262030AbTLCV5p (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:57:45 -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: <20031203205141.EB67EF7C86@voldemort.scrye.com> References: <20031202193520.74481F7CC8@voldemort.scrye.com> <1070396482.16903.11.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net> <20031203205141.EB67EF7C86@voldemort.scrye.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070488662.21904.6.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:57:42 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 12:51, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Haverkamp writes: > > Mark> 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 > > Mark> This patch is what made aacraid work with over 4 gig of memory > Mark> for me. I have an 8 proc system with 16gig of memory and without > Mark> this patch I get data corruption in high memory. > > Mark> I don't boot on the aacraid though. > > Is there any way you can try booting from it and see if it's a boot > issue for you as well? I set up my machine to boot on the aacraid disk and it booted OK for me. Maybe its a problem with a particular model? lspci on mine says: 02:04.0 RAID bus controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21554 (rev 01) Subsystem: Adaptec Adaptec 5400S > > I can try booting the one here from something else and see if it works > with that. > > kevin > -- Mark Haverkamp