Re: IDE + SMP Lockup (no OOPS) in 2.2.12, 2.2.10

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:31:13 +0100 (BST)

> i have here the same problem
>
> System:
>
> Asus P2B-D
> + 2 * Promise UDMA/66 controllers
> + 1 * Adaptec 2940UW
> + 1 * 3com 3c905b
> and dual p2-450 / 512mb ram
> + 1 * 9.1u2w ibm scsi hd
> + 5 * 25gb ibm ide hd (1 on the onboard controller and 4 on the promise
> controllers)
>
> running now in UP mode, because in SMP mode the system just crashes when
> trying to fsck the raid partition (after a few seconds)

Are you running a vanilla kernel built with gcc 2.7.2 or egcs. If so then
Im very interesting in trying to debug this one.

> when not turning the raid on (so no ide usage) the system runs ok (not
> tried for days)

What about if you run the IDE but not raid. Eg boot an SMP kernel with
init=/bin/sh and then do hdparm -t /dev/hda - does that lock ?

Alan

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