From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262746AbTJYRfV (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:35:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262747AbTJYRfV (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:35:21 -0400 Received: from h-68-164-243-10.SNVACAID.covad.net ([68.164.243.10]:42429 "EHLO mail.cryptobackpack.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262746AbTJYRfP (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:35:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:35:04 -0700 From: David Bryson To: Ananda Bhattacharya , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tyan S2466 and 3ware Lockup Message-ID: <20031025173504.GC11472@heliosphan.in.cryptobackpack.org> Reply-To: David Bryson References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 08:54:25PM -0400 or thereabouts, Ananda Bhattachary= a wrote: > I have read Vincent Touquet about the Tyan motherboard and=20 > the 3ware problems that cause a lockup. He believes that=20 > this is due to dma causing the PCI bus to overload and then=20 > the system crashes. I am running a similar system with=20 > a National Semiconducotrs GigaBit Card and then there is a=20 > 3-ware card with 12 disks on it. I believe to fix this=20 > problem is to use dma=3Doff as a boot option. Does anyone have=20 > another idea, or an exact idea why lockups like this happen? > I have not as of yet used the dma=3Doff option myself.=20 > thank you=20 I run at least 12+ machines with a similar configuration(Tyan S2466 dual athon w/3ware controllers). And I have been testing heavy loads with them for over a year and not seen anything related to what you describ= e. But, I do not use NatSemi network cards, mostly Broadcom Gbit cards(tg3 driver) and some intel e1000 Gbit cards. Maybe the problem is your network card ? --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mrRILfsM4nS2FiARAtyQAJ4tK7ghcdtgJGAF9NGCvUEJDz3lXgCgkvkS qC5P5b1rQu73ruwLWNwxBmw= =tqC6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/--