Re: stability problems with 2.4.24/Software RAID/ext3

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach Martin Josefsson <gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004.01.09.1911 +0100]:
> > Try replacing the Promise controllers with something diffrent (doesn't
> > really matter what).
>
> Well, I can't find any other suitable ones, really. I can't seem to
> find HighPoints, there is 3ware and DawiControl, but I don't know
> which ones are supported by Linux.
>
> Maybe someone can give me a suggestion for a non-promise EIDE 133
> PCI controller that's natively supported by Linux.
>
> > I personally have a pdc20267 in my workstation that I stress quite
> > heavily sometimes and I've never had any problems with it.
>
> that's a different driver. so it might be the driver that's causing
> the problems. if i replace the controller, i may be able to debug,
> but unless i get a new controller in place, i can't do anything
> since this is a productive machine.

Did you ever try to disable the DMA as suggested?
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