Re: HighPoint 374

["Svetoslav Slavtchev" <svetljo@gmx.de>]

> 
> You do not enable TCQ on highpoint without using the hosted polling timer.
> Oh and I have not added it, and so hit Bartlomiej up for the additions.

good info :-)

but it sometimes seems to enable it

the 4 drives are identical,
and the drive failing is almost always different

and this doesn't explain the md/ lvm corupption,
even when TCQ is not enabled both in 2.4 and 2.5
 
/dev/hda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
powers-up in standby; SET FEATURES subcmd spins-up.
        Model Number:       IC35L080AVVA07-0
        Serial Number:      VNC402A4CVHNEA
        Firmware Revision:  VA4OA52A
Standards:
        Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
        Supported: 5 4 3 2 & some of 6
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  160836480
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       78533 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       82348 MBytes (82 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 52     Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 0
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    NOP cmd
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
                Release interrupt
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    SMART feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
.................................................................
           *    READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED
...................................................................

> > i have the same problems with epox 8k9a3+,
> > and may be even strange ones
> > (like fs coruption when soft raid & / or lvm is used)
> > 
> > and i never had the problems with 8k5a3+,
> > the drives were actually taken from the 8k5a3+
> > when it died (me silly tried to update to XP2700)
> > 
> > really strange, isn't it
> > 
> > both boards should be the same, except
> > 8k5a3+ uses kt333
> > 8k9a3+ uses kt400
> > 
> > only mainboard change -> hell of a lot unresolved problems
> > 
> > 
> > svetljo
> > kernels used 2.4.21-2.4.23-pre3 2.6.0-test3-test7bk8
> > 
> > and a nice log when i try to enable TCQ
> > 
> > all Trace: [<c0235ee3>]  [<c022e834>]  [<c025b0ef>]  [<c026e0ed>] 
> > [<c025c7e2>]  [<c026e080>]  [<c010df03>]  [<c010e233>]  [<c010c7d8>]
> > Badness in as_remove_dispatched_request at
> drivers/block/as-iosched.c:102
> 2
> > Call Trace: [<c0235ee3>]  [<c022e834>]  [<c025b0ef>]  [<c026e0ed>] 
> > [<c025c7e2>]  [<c026e080>]  [<c010df03>]  [<c010e233>]  [<c010c7d8>]
> > Badness in as_remove_dispatched_request at
> drivers/block/as-iosched.c:102
> 2
> > Call Trace: [<c0235ee3>]  [<c022e834>]  [<c025b0ef>]  [<c026e0ed>] 
> > [<c025c7e2>]  [<c026e080>]  [<c010df03>]  [<c010e233>]  [<c010c7d8>]
> > Badness in as_remove_dispatched_request at
> drivers/block/as-iosched.c:102
> 2
> > Call Trace: [<c0235ee3>]  [<c022e834>]  [<c025b0ef>]  [<c026e0ed>] 
> > [<c025c7e2>]  [<c026e080>]  [<c010df03>]  [<c010e233>]  [<c010c7d8>]
> > 
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