[CentOS] Re: 3Ware 9500 vs 9550 vs CentOS 4.latest kernel

Thu Aug 24 19:11:41 UTC 2006
chrism at imntv.com <chrism at imntv.com>

Scott Silva wrote:
> Troy Engel spake the following on 8/24/2006 10:09 AM:
>   
>> Jim Perrin wrote:
>>     
>>>> That is a 4.3 kernel.  Joshua said that as of *4.4* the updated bits
>>>> will be included in the kernel.  4.4 is a week or two off, I believe.
>>>>         
>>> because it's related to a security update. the -42.0.2  kernel does
>>> indeed "Just Work" with the 9550 cards, so you should be able to
>>>       
>> I decided to give it a go on my 9500S-12 machine. I was running -34.0.2
>> with the downloaded driver; my machine hung on reboot to -42.0.2, but a
>> hard poweroff/poweron cycle fixed that nonsense; it had hung booting the
>> initial initrd load on the new kernel. (just some FYI for remote
>> rebooters).
>>
>> Drivers:
>>   2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.02.001
>>   2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.04.010
>>
>> I was previously running v2.26.04.009 tarball, so a small upgrade came
>> with the kernel. I just looked at 3ware.com, and this new driver version
>> isn't downloadable yet. Hmmm.
>>
>> -te
>>
>>     
> Strange .. I have 2 systems with 9500s-4LP's and they rebooted fine.
>   

I wonder if you guys might have different firmware revs.

I cajoled my system integrator into sending me both 9500 and 9550 cards 
so I can decide which works better for us and send the extras back.   
The 9550 allegedly has better performance for RAID5 so I'm hoping those 
work out OK.

Cheers,