amr driver issues in 7.1-RELEASE

[Scott Long]

I might have a fix for this, let me check and get back to you.

Scott

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On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Steve Polyack <korvus at comcast.net> wrote:

> We have multiple systems using LSILogic PERC4 cards (PERC4e/Si,  
> PERC4/DC, amr driver).  After recently upgrading two of them from  
> 6.3 to 7.1, we have begun to see the following errors in our logs  
> during heavy use in both systems:
> amr0: Too many retries on command 0xffffffff80a4da58.  Controller is  
> likely dead
> amr0: Too many retries on command 0xffffffff80a4eaa8.  Controller is  
> likely dead
> amr0: Too many retries on command 0xffffffff80a497a0.  Controller is  
> likely dead
> amr0: Too many retries on command 0xffffffff80a4eaa8.  Controller is  
> likely dead
>
> However, the system continues working and the volumes remain  
> accessible.  This happens on the PERC4/DC controllers in both  
> systems.  Firmware version is 352D.  MegaCLI reports no problems.
>
> Has anyone else seen these messages?  A google search turns up  
> nothing but results in the driver code.  Is this something we should  
> be worried about?  We won't be moving any other systems to 7.1 until  
> we can clear this up.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Steve Polyack