Re: Crashes in various ext2 functions while running xfstest/check

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 14:01 24-5-2001 +1000, Chris Pascoe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running the XFS stress tests on a Dell Poweredge 4400 running.  The
> kernel is the current CVS one (as at today) but the problem persists over
> several weeks of compilations.  Local modifications to the kernel are the
> addition of the module for the AACRAID Perc 3/Di RAID controller and the
> e1000 driver from Intel for the ethernet card.  Highmem support is enabled
> (the machine has 1GB of RAM).  The kernels are compiled with the kgcc
> package from Redhat 7.0 (egcs
> 2.91.66) or the RH7.1 gcc (2.96-81) - it makes no difference.

We have 2 Dell Poweredge 2450 machines that came with the Adaptec Raid 
controller and have replaced those controllers with AMI megaraid 
controllers instead.
Contact your local dell contact for a refund when purchasing the other 
controllers.

The driver for the Adaptec controllers is a port of the NT driver to 
solaris 8 to Linux.
IMNHO the adaptec controller is OK but drivers are _NOT_ and should thus be 
avoided.
The drivers worked OK on 2.2 kernels but the 2.4 port is still in it's infants.

I can't speak for the Intel e1000 drivers but I thought those were OK.

Cheers
--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.