Re: 3Ware Escalade problem

2004-05-29 Thread Artem Kuchin
I have the same problem on Asus p2bds. But i am just ignoring it and
it has been discussed several time in the past. AFAIK the problem is
that asus p2b is PCI 2.1 and this 3ware controller needs fully
working PCI 2.2. So, you can either patch twe.c to disable the error
message or change your motherboard to something newer. I chose
to patch the twe.c and not see this error ever.

Artem

- Original Message -
From: "Frank Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "hal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: 3Ware Escalade problem


> Hi,
>
> that sounds very familiar to me. I had exactly the same problems using
3ware Escalade Controllers
> on several "older" Mainboards. Try using a newer Board with an actual
Chipset and I bet it will
> work fine! I think it's a problem with PCI-Version.
>
> Greetz,
>
> Frank
>
>
> > Here is what my system is telling me.
> >
> > twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 80
> > twe0: PCI parity error: Reseat card, move card or buggy device present.
> >
> > Here is what I am running.
> >
> > FreeBSD 4.7 p25
> > boot disk IDE
> > SCSI tape drive
> > twe0 is an Escalade 7500-4
> > twe1 is an Escalade 7000-2
> >
> > I have tried two different 7500-4 cards.
> > I have changed slots.
> > I have tried 3 different motherboards.
> > 2 ASUS P2BS
> > 1 MSI K7 Master-S
> >
> > What I suspect.
> >
> > The Escalade 7500-4 is a 64 bit card.  I am using it on
> > a 32 bit bus.  The manual doesn't say you can't but I am
> > suspicous.  Both 7500-4 cards worked just fine on Linux
> > and Windows on both 32 and 64 bit motherboards IIRC.
> >
> > Is it possible we have a driver issue here?
> >
> > The machine is a backup server so reliability is important. :^)
> > So far I haven't lost any data but..
> >
> > If you can help great. If you need more info let me know.
> >
> > hal
> >
> >
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Re: 3Ware Escalade problem

2004-05-28 Thread Frank Mueller
Hi,

that sounds very familiar to me. I had exactly the same problems using 3ware Escalade 
Controllers
on several "older" Mainboards. Try using a newer Board with an actual Chipset and I 
bet it will
work fine! I think it's a problem with PCI-Version.

Greetz,

Frank


> Here is what my system is telling me.
>
> twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 80
> twe0: PCI parity error: Reseat card, move card or buggy device present.
>
> Here is what I am running.
>
> FreeBSD 4.7 p25
> boot disk IDE
> SCSI tape drive
> twe0 is an Escalade 7500-4
> twe1 is an Escalade 7000-2
>
> I have tried two different 7500-4 cards.
> I have changed slots.
> I have tried 3 different motherboards.
>   2 ASUS P2BS
>   1 MSI K7 Master-S
>
> What I suspect.
>
> The Escalade 7500-4 is a 64 bit card.  I am using it on
> a 32 bit bus.  The manual doesn't say you can't but I am
> suspicous.  Both 7500-4 cards worked just fine on Linux
> and Windows on both 32 and 64 bit motherboards IIRC.
>
> Is it possible we have a driver issue here?
>
> The machine is a backup server so reliability is important. :^)
> So far I haven't lost any data but..
>
> If you can help great. If you need more info let me know.
>
> hal
>
>
>
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RE: 3Ware Escalade problem

2004-05-28 Thread Brent Wiese
> Here is what my system is telling me.
> 
> twe0: unexpected status bit(s) 80
> twe0: PCI parity error: Reseat card, move card or buggy 
> device present.
> 
> Here is what I am running.
> 
> FreeBSD 4.7 p25
> boot disk IDE
> SCSI tape drive
> twe0 is an Escalade 7500-4
> twe1 is an Escalade 7000-2
> 
> I have tried two different 7500-4 cards.
> I have changed slots.
> I have tried 3 different motherboards.
>   2 ASUS P2BS
>   1 MSI K7 Master-S
> 
> What I suspect.
> 
> The Escalade 7500-4 is a 64 bit card.  I am using it on
> a 32 bit bus.  The manual doesn't say you can't but I am
> suspicous.  Both 7500-4 cards worked just fine on Linux
> and Windows on both 32 and 64 bit motherboards IIRC.

3Ware maintains a list of motherboards where 32bit support works. It will
only run 64bit on many board (most of the Intel server boards for example).

You may want to check that list for your board(s) (I was too lazy to look it
up).

Also, I've seen some of the 7500's still shipping w/ old firmware.

And, like a lot of PCI problems, it could be the slot. If you can, move it
to a different slot. I've also seen this problem on riser cards that share
the same pci slot with other cards. Some of the newer risers have little
daughter-boards that plug into adjacent slots to rememdy that problem.

Good luck,
Brent


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