From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030448AbWHOS2z (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:28:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030449AbWHOS2z (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:28:55 -0400 Received: from windsormachine.com ([216.8.138.2]:52183 "EHLO router.windsormachine.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030448AbWHOS2y (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:28:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:28:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Dresser To: Carsten Otto Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Daily crashes, incorrect RAID behaviour In-Reply-To: <13e988610608150831u18ed0e85s50fe3a865548a865@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <13e988610608150436y6812f623p9919b2d5b1989427@mail.gmail.com> <13e988610608150831u18ed0e85s50fe3a865548a865@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-scanner: Scanned by Xamime-LT 0.1.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Carsten Otto wrote: > Okay, after Ralf's message I found this newsgroup post: > http://groups.google.de/group/linux.debian.user/msg/f12dec920523a629?hl=de& > >> You should be aware that currently >> Maxtor Maxline III's(7v300F0's) do not work properly due to a firmware >> bug. The current version shipping is VA111630, an update is available to >> VA111670 which merely reduces the frequency of timeouts that get the drive >> kicked out from the array. I'm running 680 now, and the 15 drives have been up for something like two months or so without issues at all.. Seems like the firmware fixes the problem. Mike