Re: New Areca driver in 2.6.16-rc6-mm2

From: Chris Caputo
Date: Tue Mar 21 2006 - 18:46:45 EST


On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Dax Kelson wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > SCSI fixes
> >
> > +areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver-update4.patch
> >
> > Update areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver.patch
>
> Has anyone had a chance to review this new update to see if it now passes
> muster for mainline inclusion?

Unfortunately when the new driver is applied to 2.6.15.6 a bonnie++ test
results in the following endless spew:

...
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
attempt to access beyond end of device
sdb1: rw=0, want=134744080, limit=128002016
...

I have emailed the details to Erich.

Chris
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