-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The driver I use for this card is built directly into the kernel (it looks like the same version you have). I have this card and a couple of its predecessors (model 8506-8 to be specific) in production with stock 2.6 kernels. This is a small sample, but I have yet to need to update the drivers.
The obvious question to me is: have you checked the drive itself for errors? Also the 3ware utility tw_cli can provide some info. From within this program, what does the alarms command return? If you type info, you should see something similar to following (I did this on my box at home, that has a different 3ware controller, the 8506-8, the procedure should be the same for your card): //midwinter> info Ctl Model Ports Drives Units NotOpt RRate VRate BBU - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ c6 8506-8 8 4 1 0 2 - - //midwinter> focus c6 //midwinter/c6> show Unit UnitType Status %Cmpl Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVerify IgnECC - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ u0 RAID-5 OK - 64K 894.259 ON - - Port Status Unit Size Blocks Serial - --------------------------------------------------------------- p0 OK u0 298.08 GB 625134827 3QF00SP6 p1 OK u0 298.08 GB 625134827 3QF00SR4 p2 OK u0 298.08 GB 625134827 3QF00SXF p3 OK u0 298.08 GB 625134827 3QF00SP1 p4 NOT-PRESENT - - - - p5 NOT-PRESENT - - - - p6 NOT-PRESENT - - - - p7 NOT-PRESENT - - - - There are various options available to the maint command (you may wish to investigate verify) type "help maint" to get a list "help" by itself shows you the available commands. Again, my first inclination would be to replace the disk itself. Do you see any errors in dmesg etc.? Hth, Johnny Stork wrote: > I am running RHES4 with the 2.6.9-34.Elsmp kernel and a 3ware > 9500S-4LP card, firmware FE9X 2.08.00.009. Two seagate drives in RAID > 1 mirror. Lately the drive on port1 has been having problems and I > have been forced to rebuild the array weekly. 3Ware support has > suggested I upgrade the driver since there is a gap now between the > current firmware and the older driver. So I have followed the steps > below but just cant seem to get the new driver to load and I am at a > loss as to fix this. 3Ware has not been much help and so I thought I > might find some help here. Any suggestions? > > > 1: Created symlink > > ln -s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-34.EL-smp-i686 /usr/src/linux > > 2: Ran make -f Makefile in directory created when I extracted driver > source 3w-9xxx-linux-src-2.6-supp_distros-9.3.0.4. > > 3: Copied old driver > > cp /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko > 3w-9xxx.ko.old > > 4: Copied new drivers > > cp 3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/ cp > 3w-9xxx.o /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/ cp > 3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/updates cp 3w-9xxx.o > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/updates > > 5: Updated initial ram disk with /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f > /boot/initrd-2.6.9-34.ELsmp.img > > Creating initramfs Looking for deps of module scsi_mod Looking for > deps of module sd_mod scsi_mod Looking for deps of module > scsi_mod Looking for deps of module unknown Looking for deps of > module 3w-9xxx scsi_mod Looking for deps of module scsi_mod > Looking for deps of module ide-disk Looking for deps of module dm-mod > Looking for deps of module ext3 jbd Looking for deps of module jbd > Looking for deps of module dm-mod Looking for deps of module > dm-mirror dm-mod Looking for deps of module dm-mod Looking for > deps of module dm-zero dm-mod Looking for deps of module dm-mod > Looking for deps of module dm-snapshot dm-mod Looking for deps of > module dm-mod Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko > ./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko updates/./3w-9xxx.o > ./kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko ./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko > ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko ./kernel/drivers/md/dm-mirror.ko > ./kernel/drivers/md/dm-zero.ko ./kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko > /sbin/nash -> /tmp/initrd.hi4516/bin/nash /sbin/insmod.static -> > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/bin/insmod /sbin/udev.static -> > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/sbin/udev /etc/udev/udev.conf -> > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/etc/udev/udev.conf copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/scsi_mod.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/sd_mod.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/updates/./3w-9xxx.o(elf32-i386) to > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/3w-9xxx.o(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/dm-mod.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko(elf32-i386) to > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/jbd.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko(elf32-i386) to > /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/ext3.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/md/dm-mirror.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/dm-mirror.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/md/dm-zero.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/dm-zero.ko(elf32-i386) copy from > /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.ELsmp/./kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko(elf32-i386) > to /tmp/initrd.hi4516/lib/dm-snapshot.ko(elf32-i386) /sbin/lvm.static > -> /tmp/initrd.hi4516/bin/lvm /etc/lvm -> /tmp/initrd.hi4516/etc/lvm > `/etc/lvm/lvm.conf' -> `/tmp/initrd.hi4516/etc/lvm/lvm.conf' Loading > module scsi_mod Loading module sd_mod Loading module 3w-9xxx Loading > module dm-mod Loading module jbd Loading module ext3 Loading module > dm-mirror Loading module dm-zero Loading module dm-snapshot > > > 6: However, when I reboot I am still running the 2.26.02.001 version > of the driver and not 2.26.04.010 > > __________________________ Johnny Stork Open Enterprise Solutions > > "Empowering Business With Open Source Software" > > http://www.openenterprise.ca > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing > list [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List > Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these > lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF9yoUwRXgH3rKGfMRAvieAJ0arDrWZV5/za4wIHLc4wfdm3JXxwCgq5YS n+PYJSbT9sNx1Cfy+3Wl4Wg= =E8t4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
