On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Svein Skogen (Listmail Account) < svein-listm...@stillbilde.net> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12.03.2010 15:20, Svein Skogen wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting Amanda (2.6.1p2 from ports) to play nicely > > with my hardware. > > > > Devices are: > > <HP Ultrium 3-SCSI Q25W> at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) > > <HP 1x8 G2 AUTOLDR 2.80> at scbus0 target 1 lun 1 (pass1,ch0) > > connected via: > > mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA Adapter> port 0x9000-0x90ff mem > > 0xfe4fc000-0xfe4fffff,0xfe4e0000-0xfe4effff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 > > mpt0: [ITHREAD] > > mpt0: MPI Version=1.5.20.0 > > > > os and number in question is: > > FreeBSD storage.stillbilde.net 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Mar > > 9 07:01:59 UTC 2010 > > sv...@storage.stillbilde.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > > Tapes are regular LTO-3 (HP C7973A). > > > > amtapetype simply hangs (after writing 3-4 tps for 5 seconds, then > > simple silence both on sa0 and console) > > > > Has anybody run into this problem with FreeBSD8+mpt+autoloader? > > > > //Svein > > > > I'm finally starting to make sense of what I'm seeing (hence the > crossposting) > > Seems I've stumbled onto some strange incompatibility between my SAS > controller (LSI 3801E), Tape-library, and FreeBSD+Solaris. > > The behavior I'm seeing is consistent with this solaris bug: > > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6894775 > > but luckily (?) for me, my disks are on an MFI controller. I'm seeing > the exact same behavior in both FreeBSD and OpenSolaris 133 and 134. > > Linux and Windows installs on the box (this box is currently being set > up, so I'm rather liberated from reinstall-concerns) seems unaffected, > atleast the HP Software doesn't fail the way > tar/dump/dd/amanda/bacula/whatnot does at random intervals. > > The errors only occur when the device I'm reading/writing from is 100% > laoded (reading or writing 56mb/sec + compression), which when fed from > a raid capable of more than 6 times that is quite likely to happen > during backups. > > The Solaris bug seems to be around MSI handling, but there are several > reports "over there" about this error occuring even with MSI disabled. > > Right now I'm dumbstruck about this, and might install Linux "just to > get backups up and running this year", because I'm too tired of this > entire process, but I'd REALLY rather run FreeBSD or OpenSolaris. This > is based on a personal preference and nothing else, but if anybody has > some blinding insights on how to get this working, I'm open for > suggestions. > > if there is a hardware/driver bug isnt possible to get another cheap sas controller for your tape, maybe a second hand? -- mmm, interesante..... _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
