[ale] multi-processor vs. Tape Drive

[Greg Freemyer]

On 5/25/05, James McFarland <stalax at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here's the output for both kernels:
> 
> MP:
> [root at pheonix ~]# uname -a
> Linux pheonix.xxx.xxx 2.6.11-1.14_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Apr 7 19:38:19 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> SP:
> [root at pheonix ~]# uname -a
> Linux pheonix.xxx.xxx 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 #1 Thu Apr 7 19:23:49 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> Something else occurred to me.  Might it be significant that under the Single Processor kernel it finds the tape drive on SCSI channel 2?  According to the scsi card the raid is on 0 & the tape is on 1.
> 
> -James

Assuming it is a kernel bug, I would try to reproduce with a vanilla
2.6.11 kernel from kernel.org.

If it exhibits the same failure, then post to lkml-scsi.  They may or
may not be responsive.  ie. The scsi drivers are under very active
development and even 2.6.11 may be too old to get the developers
excited.  OTOH, a lot of the SCSI HPA vendors seem to monitor that
list and support their products via it.

If not, I would post on a FC3 kernel support list.

Good Luck
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century