I've noticed some problems with Intel's S3210SHLX board, but in my case it
prevents booting versions past 68. Does that model have the option to
disable multi-core operation? While completely unacceptable, this would
determine if we are seeing similar "phantom" problems that noone else can
reproduce.
Andrew Hettinger
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/02/2008 03:10:52 PM:
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 12:09 -0700, Lida Horn wrote:
> > Phil wrote:
> > > I'm experiencing a weird hang when attempting to hotplug devices
> on a Marvell88sx card.
> > >
> > > I can issue:
> > >
> > > cfgadmin -c disconnect <device>
> > >
> > > and the device is unconfigured and disconnected without problems.
> > >
> > > If I then replace the device (or attempt to use the same device):
> > >
> > > cfgadmin -c connect <device>
> > >
> > > the command hangs and my syslogs start filling up with:
> > >
> > > Apr 1 22:52:00 unknown marvell88sx: [ID 517869 kern.info]
> SError interrupt
> > > Apr 1 22:52:00 unknown marvell88sx: [ID 517869 kern.info]
> 10-bit to 8-bit decode error
> > > Apr 1 22:52:00 unknown marvell88sx: [ID 517869 kern.info]
> Disparity error
> > >
> > > Eventually the machine becomes non-responsive.
> > >
> > > Attempting to re-issue the connect or disconnect commands results in:
> > >
> > > bash-3.2# cfgadm -c disconnect sata1/1
> > > Disconnect the port: /devices/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci8086,[EMAIL
> > > PROTECTED]/pci8086,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],3/pci11ab,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1
> > > This operation will disable activity on the SATA port
> > > Continue (yes/no)? yes
> > > cfgadm: Hardware specific failure: Driver ioctl failed I/O error
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone experienced this?
> > I just tried this
> >
> > cfgadm -c disconnect sata5/7
> > cfgadm -c connect sata5/7
> >
> > and experienced no such problem. I was using sata v1.30 and
marvell88sx
> > 1.24 of Solaris Nevada (OpenSolaris).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lida
>
> Hmm, interesting. Was there a drive connected to that port?
>
> I'm at a loss as to how to identify the problem here. This is a
> Supermicro MV8 card sitting in the 133Mhz PCI-X slot of an Intel 5000p
> board.
>
> Phil.
>
>
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