RE: 0x40 errors reported by 3ware controllers ...

Manish Lachwani (manish@Zambeel.com)
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:47:44 -0800


Actually, I made a mistake here. I am making use of the latest driver with
the 2.2.16 kernel. Older drivers with version 1.02.00.018 also show the same
issues ...

Thanks
Manish

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manish Lachwani
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:43 PM
> To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> Cc: Manish Lachwani
> Subject: 0x40 errors reported by 3ware controllers ...
>
> Hello,
> We are making use of 3ware 7x50 controllers with Maxtor and Seagate
> drives. In one such setup, the operating temperature of the
> drives/controllers is between 45-55 C. Numerous 0x40 Error messages are
> reported by the 3ware firmware. We are making use of 7.5 latest firmware
> and the latest 3ware driver with the 2.4.17 kernel.
> I spoke with Maxtor and Seagate support and they claim that ECC errors are
> rarely seen on their drives at even higher temperatures. Are there any
> issues with the 3ware controllers/firmware that may cause it to misreport
> ECC errors? Maxtor even claimed that it could be errors with the SRAM on
> the controller. Could that be possible? Has this been seen? I noticed that
> the operating temperature of the controllers is 40C. What kind of errors
> can occur because of these ambient conditions?
> We are seeing these errors accross different types of drives too ...
> Thanks
>
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