Re: Interrupts lost on IDE disks in RAID1 array
On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 11:30 +0200, Simon Vallet wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:45:01 +0200
> Simon Vallet <debian-ppc_user@castalie.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:35:01 -0400
> > Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > If I recall correctly, the on-board IDE chipset on the beige G3
> >> can't handle more than one hard disk. Lost interrupts were one of
> >> the symptoms.
> >
> > So this would be the problem... the "developer notes" on the G3
> > do mention that ide1 is for a cdrom, but I would have expected
> > otherwise. Anyway, this seems plausible: the disk works fine out of
> > the mirror -- I guess the G3 doesn't handle very well simultaneous
> > writes...
>
> Actually, by digging a bit more through available docs, I came across
> this message on the linux-kernel ML:
> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-08/3099.html
>
> Ben, do you think this could be related ? Any additional info on the
> subject ? I'd be glad to help testing new patches if there are any...
No, I don't think that is related. Not sure what's up exaclty here, it
could be a cable problem though.
Ben.
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