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List:       freebsd-smp
Subject:    Re: 4.0-R panic on Dell PowerEdge 2450
From:       "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs () FreeBSD ! ORG>
Date:       2000-08-24 16:36:33
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>> Can you elaborate? Is this a FreeBSD-specific problem? Does Dell know this?
> 
> It's a problem specific to interaction between this Seagate firmware and 
> the FreeBSD Adaptec driver, however it is a Seagate bug.  I believe that 
> Dell know about it; Seagate certainly do.

There is nothing to indicate that the problem is specific to either
Adaptec cards or FreeBSD.  In fact, Seagate originally performed the
fixes in response to problems under Netware.  Essentially, if you
fill up the cache on the Seagate in just the right way, it will
fall off the bus.

--
Justin


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