Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-20 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:50:06PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > > Given the corruption happens at high block numbers, I'm wondering > > if maybe there's some kind of wraparound bug happening here. > > (Though why only the 0x00 pattern fails would still be a mystery). > > Yeah, that seems

Re: Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-20 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/1/20 Aaron Greenspan : > Hello again, > > For the sake of context and in case it got lost in the shuffle, I wrote this > post last night: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/01/msg01928.html > > Now, after several days of troubleshooting involving ext3-fs errors, > formatting problems, in

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
Aaron Greenspan wrote: Therefore, I think it's safe to say that the Syba SD-SATA-4P and the corresponding Silicon Image 3114 chipset have a fairly narrow appeal: they work in 32-bit 5V PCI slots only, on consumer systems only, which are running only the following operating systems that I own: n

Re: Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-20 Thread Aaron Greenspan
Hello again, For the sake of context and in case it got lost in the shuffle, I wrote this post last night: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/01/msg01928.html Now, after several days of troubleshooting involving ext3-fs errors, formatting problems, inexplicable read-only filesystem mou

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-19 Thread Robert Hancock
Dave Jones wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:30:42AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Robert Hancock wrote: > >> There are apparently some reports of issues on NVidia chipsets as > >> well, though I don't have any details at hand. > > > > Well, Carlos' email bounces, so much for that one. Anyone h

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-19 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:30:42AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Robert Hancock wrote: > >> There are apparently some reports of issues on NVidia chipsets as > >> well, though I don't have any details at hand. > > > > Well, Carlos' email bounces, so much for that one. Anyone have any other > > c

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-19 Thread Aaron Greenspan
Hi, In case this is helpful to anyone, I've also been having similar issues with the Syba SD-SATA-4P PCI RAID controller, which is based on the Silicon Image 3114 chip. I've been using Western Digital 250GB hard drives of various models, however, and there are no nVidia components presents in

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-11 Thread Tejun Heo
Robert Hancock wrote: >> There are apparently some reports of issues on NVidia chipsets as >> well, though I don't have any details at hand. > > Well, Carlos' email bounces, so much for that one. Anyone have any other > contacts at Silicon Image? I'll ping my SIMG contacts but I've pinged about t

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip (solved)

2009-01-11 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
I hope the problem is solved! Make sure you do not run dmraid and mdadm ! So, if you have truble mdadm RAID, check you do not run dmraid ! I found this. /etc/rcS.d/S04dmraid /etc/rcS.d/S25mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S51dmraid /etc/rc6.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc6.d/S51dmraid T

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-10 Thread Robert Hancock
Robert Hancock wrote: Bernd Schubert wrote: I think it's something related to setting up the PCI side of things. There have been hints that incorrect CLS setting was the culprit and I tried thte combinations but without any success and unfortunately the problem wasn't reproducible with the hardw

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-10 Thread Robert Hancock
Bernd Schubert wrote: I think it's something related to setting up the PCI side of things. There have been hints that incorrect CLS setting was the culprit and I tried thte combinations but without any success and unfortunately the problem wasn't reproducible with the hardware I have here. :-(

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-10 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
I hope the problem is solved! Make sure you do not run dmraid and mdadm ! So, if you have truble mdadm RAID, check you do not run dmraid ! I found this. /etc/rcS.d/S04dmraid /etc/rcS.d/S25mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S51dmraid /etc/rc6.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc6.d/S51dmraid Th

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-10 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
I hope the problem is solved! Make sure you do not run dmraid and mdadm ! So, if you have truble mdadm RAID, check you do not run dmraid ! I found this. /etc/rcS.d/S04dmraid /etc/rcS.d/S25mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc0.d/S51dmraid /etc/rc6.d/S50mdadm-raid /etc/rc6.d/S51dmraid Th

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-07 Thread Bernd Schubert
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 06:38:28 Robert Hancock wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Bernd Schubert wrote: > >> But now more than a year has passed again without doing anything > >> about it and actually this is what I strongly criticize. Most people > >> don't know about issues like t

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-06 Thread Robert Hancock
Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, Bernd Schubert wrote: But now more than a year has passed again without doing anything about it and actually this is what I strongly criticize. Most people don't know about issues like that and don't run file checksum tests as I now always do before taking a disk into pr

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Bernd Schubert wrote: > But now more than a year has passed again without doing anything > about it and actually this is what I strongly criticize. Most people > don't know about issues like that and don't run file checksum tests > as I now always do before taking a disk into production. So

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-06 Thread Justin Piszcz
cc: linux-ide, linux-raid There was some talk about corruption on these chips I believe, hopefully someone on the list can offer further insight. On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Sun,

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-06 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
Justin Piszcz skrev: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Bengt Samuelsson skrev: ~# mdadm -D /dev/md0 -- /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Fri Sep 12 19:08:22 2008

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-05 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
Justin Piszcz skrev: On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Bengt Samuelsson skrev: ~# mdadm -D /dev/md0 -- /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Fri Sep 12 19:08:22 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 1465151616 (1397.28 GiB 1500.

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-05 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Bengt Samuelsson skrev: ~# mdadm -D /dev/md0 -- /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Fri Sep 12 19:08:22 2008 Raid Level : raid5

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-04 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Bengt Samuelsson skrev: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http:/

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-04 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
Bengt Samuelsson skrev: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com I use mdadm sytem in a Debi

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-04 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
Bengt Samuelsson skrev: Justin Piszcz skrev: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com I use mdadm sytem in a Debi

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-04 Thread debian-user
Bengt Samuelsson wrote: > > Hi, > > I need some support for this soft-raid system. > > I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T > byte > > And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com > I use mdadm sytem in a Debian Linux > CPU 1.2Mhz 1G memory ( my older 433Mhz / 51

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Robert Hancock
Bernd Schubert wrote: On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 02:53:09PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: Bernd Schubert wrote: [sorry sent again, since Robert dropped all mailing list CCs and I didn't notice first] On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:31:12PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: Bernd Schubert wrote: On Sat, J

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread James Youngman
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Bernd Schubert wrote: > Hello Bengt, > > sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. So far I only know > about Seagate, but maybe there issues with newer Samsungs as well? I've experienced data corruption with a SII 0680 ACLU144 (on an ST Labs' A-13

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Bernd Schubert
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 02:53:09PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > Bernd Schubert wrote: >> [sorry sent again, since Robert dropped all mailing list CCs and I >> didn't notice first] >> >> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:31:12PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: >>> Bernd Schubert wrote: On Sat, Jan 03,

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Robert Hancock
Bernd Schubert wrote: [sorry sent again, since Robert dropped all mailing list CCs and I didn't notice first] On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:31:12PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: Bernd Schubert wrote: On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:39:36PM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:07 +0100 Bern

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Bernd Schubert
[sorry sent again, since Robert dropped all mailing list CCs and I didn't notice first] On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:31:12PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > Bernd Schubert wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:39:36PM +, Alan Cox wrote: >>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:07 +0100 >>> Bernd Schubert wr

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Robert Hancock
Bernd Schubert wrote: On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:39:36PM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:07 +0100 Bernd Schubert wrote: Hello Bengt, sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. News to me. There are a few people with lots of SI and other devices No no, you

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Bernd Schubert
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:39:36PM +, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:07 +0100 > Bernd Schubert wrote: > > > Hello Bengt, > > > > sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. > > News to me. There are a few people with lots of SI and other devices No no, you just

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:07 +0100 Bernd Schubert wrote: > Hello Bengt, > > sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. News to me. There are a few people with lots of SI and other devices jammed into the same mainboard who had problems but that doesn't appear to be an SI problem

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Bernd Schubert
On Saturday 03 January 2009 03:31:57 Redeeman wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 22:30 +0100, Bernd Schubert wrote: > > Hello Bengt, > > > > sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. So far I only > > know about Seagate, but maybe there issues with newer Samsungs as well? > > > > http:

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-03 Thread Bengt Samuelsson
Justin Piszcz skrev: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com I use mdadm sytem in a Debian Linux CPU 1.2Mhz 1G me

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-02 Thread Redeeman
On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 22:30 +0100, Bernd Schubert wrote: > Hello Bengt, > > sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. So far I only know > about Seagate, but maybe there issues with newer Samsungs as well? > > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0710.2/2035.html > > U

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-02 Thread Bernd Schubert
Hello Bengt, sil3114 is known to cause data corruption with some disks. So far I only know about Seagate, but maybe there issues with newer Samsungs as well? http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0710.2/2035.html Unfortuntely this issue has been simply ignored by the SATA developers :(

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-02 Thread Twigathy
Hi, I also had problems with the sata_sil driver with more than one silicon image card in the same machine about a year or two back. Don't remember the specifics, but basically the cards would occasionally drop the SATA link. This was with Western Digital drives. With a Samsung 750GB disk the disk

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip (corrected email address)

2009-01-02 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com I use mdadm sytem in a Debian

Re: Corrupt data - RAID sata_sil 3114 chip

2009-01-02 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Bengt Samuelsson wrote: Hi, I need some support for this soft-raid system. I am running it as RAID5 with 4 samsung spinpoint 500G SATA300 tot 1.3T byte And it runs in http://sm7jqb.dnsalias.com I use mdadm sytem in a Debian Linux CPU 1.2Mhz 1G memory ( my older 433Mhz /