Problems with 4.10 Release and "supported" hardware

[Jeff Soule]

No other controllers.
The built in SATA controller is turned off in the bios.
The bios sees the controller, and I am able to access and configure the 
controller at boot.
No errors are reported and I am able to delete/create the RAID Array 
with no problems.
I waited more then a few minutes (Went to get coffee when the 'Kernel 
Configuration Menu' appeared.)
Heck, I even back revved the motherboard bios to the same version as a 
server that is working.

The only difference is some changes 3ware made to the latest 9000 
series card (BBU added and firmware changed to support BBU Battery 
Backup Unit)  I suspect that their changes broke the twa driver but am 
not slick enough to get any further with this :-(

My vender is building another box with a different Supermicro 
Motherboard that does work, (Already verified), but the bus speed is 
slower so it is not the best solution by a long shot...

On Feb 11, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Vinod Kashyap wrote:

> Do you see PCI controllers other than 3ware?  Do you
> see them (other PCI controllers) if the 3ware controller
> is not plugged in?  Does the motherboard BIOS detect
> the 3ware controller?  i.e., do you see messages from
> the 3ware BIOS at startup?  For how much time did you
> wait at the 'Kernel Configuration Menu'?  You might want
> to try waiting longer...
>
> One other thing I have observed is that, if there are
> any degraded units attached to 3ware, the 3ware BIOS
> waits for 30 seconds rather than the usual 5 seconds,
> and when this happens, _all_ PCI controllers are seen!