I need help with figuring out which architectures have issues with
softraid. To do this I need test reports on all architectures. I am
still in the process of moving so I basically have no gear available
minus some laptops. What I really need are test reports for non
i386/amd64 arches. I have tested those two quite a bit.
First enable softraid:
Index: GENERIC
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RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/conf/GENERIC,v
retrieving revision 1.134
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.134 GENERIC
--- GENERIC 15 Jun 2007 23:01:42 -0000 1.134
+++ GENERIC 15 Nov 2007 18:06:51 -0000
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ option PPP_DEFLATE
option MROUTING # Multicast router
#option PIM # Protocol Independent Multicast
-#softraid0 at root # Software RAID
-#scsibus* at softraid?
+softraid0 at root # Software RAID
+scsibus* at softraid?
pseudo-device pf # packet filter
pseudo-device pflog # pf log if
The test cases are as follows:
1. Boot with softraid enabled but without any RAID partitions
- Just save the dmesg
2. Boot with softraid enabled with RAID partitions without any
filesystem on the softraid volume.
- Here is an example of creating a sofraid volume:
. disklabel wd0 and wd1 and create a RAID partition on
wd0a and wd1a
. bioctl -c 1 -l /dev/wd0a,/dev/wd1a softraid0
- Reboot and save the dmesg
2. Boot with softraid enabled with RAID partitions and a filesystem
automounted on the softraid volume.
- Disklabel the softraid volume and create a file system on it.
Don't forget to add it to /etc/fstab to automount.
- Reboot 4 times and make sure that the dmesg is the same every
time. This step is essential! Do physically reboot the
machine those 4 times; we need to make sure that the filesystem
sync code is working right and isn't causing any nasty side effects
- Save one of the dmesg
Mail all 3 dmesg to me.
If you see any issues mail me a dmesg as well and I might ask you to run
some follow up tests.
Please do not spam misc with the test case results.
Thanks!
/marco
PS: if you got older gear you want to get rid off that I need testing on
let me know as well. This might be your lucky day to clean out the
garage :-)
