Bug 89005

Summary: kernel i2o driver runs for about a week then crashes system. DPT PM2654U2 Controller.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Marco Coelho <maillist1>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Marco Coelho 2003-04-16 13:38:49 UTC
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Description of problem:
Kernel i2o driver runs for about a week then crashes system.  DPT PM2654U2 
Controller.  I've tried 2.4.18-27.7.xsmnp with similar results (maybe shorter 
life time).

Dual MP Athlon 2100 cpu's, Raid 5 array on DPT PM2654U2 (now adaptec) 
controller.  3GB of SD buffered ram.  MSI K7D Master Motherboard.

System will run for about a week then fail hard.  No kernel debug to screen, no 
log entry other than about three lines of "^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^" in message log at 
time of death.

Raid Array lights will be solid on.  No flicker.  It looks like the system hung 
mid write or read.

I don't see a system memory leak.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.18-24.7.xsmnp

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Boot System
2.  Let it run for a week
3.  Go to work verrry early to reboot system
    

Actual Results:  Had coffee.

Expected Results:  System runs no reboot required.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Marco Coelho 2003-04-16 13:40:12 UTC
No tcp ip connectivity no console connectivity.

Comment 2 Alan Cox 2003-04-16 14:47:27 UTC
It ought to be ok. There are funnies with some AMD76x BIOSes and I2O cards but
with a recentish BIOS the promise card is stable.

Things that come to mind:
1. Do you have a PS/2 mouse on the system. If its AMD chipset and you don't try
adding one for a bit (hardware bug)
2. Have the lights on the raid card (the heartbeat) stopped. If so it points
rather hard at a
hardware compatibility or related problem (possibly related to #1 above)

If so you might want to check if Adaptec/DPT support are aware of any problems
with the AMD chipset and their card as well.

At the moment I'm not sure which is involved (or indeed if its something else)



Comment 3 Marco Coelho 2003-04-21 19:18:49 UTC
I'm not familiar with the PS2 problem.  This is a MSI K7 Master motherboard 
with dual processors.  AMD 760 Front and Back chipsets.  The www.msi.com.tw 
site does not mention any issues or bug fixes.

This is a DPT SCSI controller (now adaptec).

Marco

Comment 4 Alan Cox 2003-04-21 20:07:29 UTC
Does Adaptec/DPT support know of any if you phone them and ask ?

As regards the PS/2 issue, that would require you made some use of the IDE
controller
to bite, and its a known AMD chipset problem. From the description you have
nothing on IDE at all correct ?


Comment 5 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:40:48 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/