Messages in this thread | | | From | "Mukker, Atul" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 2.6.0] megaraid 64bit fix/cleanup (AMD64) | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:35:03 -0400 |
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Please use the latest driver 2.20.0.B2, about to be released today. Please provide a feedback if you see the same issues.
-Atul Mukker LSI Logic
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jord Tanner [mailto:jord@indygecko.com] > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:57 AM > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Cc: brad_mssw@gentoo.org; Atulm@lsil.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.0] megaraid 64bit fix/cleanup (AMD64) > > > > On Tue Dec 30 2003 - 16:11:40 EST Brad House wrote: > > Ok, I just ported the 2.00.9 driver to 2.6.0. > It still has these warnings during compilation as I did not > attempt to apply my 64bit fixes from before as I've been told > they are just plain wrong :/ > > But, I suppose this should work fine in 32bit mode, I would > greatly appreciate any help in porting it for 64bit platforms. > > The patch can be downloaded here : > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/kernel_patches/megaraid/megar > aid-v2.00.9-linux2.6.patch > And only applies to the source from ftp.lsil.com, it's not a > kernel-patch > per-se, but copying the result over to the drivers/scsi will > compile inplace > of the current versions. > > Please CC me on any replies! > -Brad House <brad_mssw@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > This thread has been inactive for a while, but I've not found anything > more relevant to my situation. > > I'm running 2.6.3-gentoo (and 2.6.5-gentoo) with a LSILogic SATA > Megaraid 150-6 raid controller on a dual Opteron system. The entire > system is compiled in 64bit. We are seeing random database corruption > when access very large Postgres tables (more than 10 million rows). > Other than that, the system runs beautifully. > > As far as I can tell, no amd64 specific patches have been > applied to the > megaraid driver in 2.6.3 (version 2.00.3). Brad House has posted a 2.6 > patch for megaraid 2.00.9, but his previous amd64 patches > were removed. > LSI tech support has suggested I upgrade to 2.00.9, but the LSI source > is for 2.4. > > So my questions are: > > - Could the 2.00.3 driver be responsible for random data > corruption when running on 2.6.3 in 64bit? > - Is it safe to run Brad House's 2.6 megaraid 2.00.9 > patches in > 64 bit mode on amd64? > - Are there any patches for megaraid 2.00.9 (or higher, I see > 2.00.10-3 has just been released) that combine patches for 2.6 > and amd64? > > TIA, > > > -- > Jord Tanner <jord@indygecko.com> > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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