SmartArray 5312

2003-08-27 Thread Josh Lauricha
This e-mail is to provide the solution to my problem, in case others need it. The CCISS driver used by the Compaq SmartArray uses 64-bit DMA by default on the vanilla linux kernel. In servers with more than 4GB of ram (with the 64G option selected at compile time) this causes the raid array to ha

SmartArray 5312

2003-07-17 Thread Josh Lauricha
I have a Compaq SmartArray 5312 on 2.4.21, the array has a ReiserFS partition on it. Whenever there is a lot of disk activity on the drive, it freezes. Any access to the drive (ls, for instance) sticks. Other than that, the system works fine (oh, and I can't remotely reboot, I have to cycl