From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 22 05:30:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA12219 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 05:30:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA12196; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA01601; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:30:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:30:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve To: John-David Childs cc: hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a pentium 133 (or is it a 166) I forget, with that scsi controller and I have no problems under 2.1.5. I did have problems with lockups and panics when I first put it together - the mother board is a triton HX, and there was a cmos jobber I had to turn off - I cant remember exactly what it as called. Something to the effect of Enable HX special features - or something close - the 'special features' apparently are what was doing me. I have 2 2940UW controllers, each running 2 4 wide giggers on a high volume news server - they do not run any non wide units, or non disks. On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, John-David Childs wrote: > I recently purchased a Pentium-Pro 200 (I found back in September that > Jordan made mention of "PPRO 200Mhz and new Intel 82440fx > problems"...which is to a T the system I have), 64MB parity RAM, Adaptec > 2940UW SCSI controller, 2 IBM Ultrastar 4.3GB Ultrawide SCSI drives, a Jaz > drive, IDE CD-ROM (why for god's sake I did that instead of a SCSI CD-ROM > I can't figure out ;( etc. for use as a server...and spent all day trying > to get the darn thing working with 2.1.7 FreeBSD! If only I'd read the > archives *before* spending $5000 on a server :( > > The biggest problem I had seems to be a common one with the Adaptec 2940... > reference kern/3312 and kern/1296 for adaptec 2940 "timeout while > {devicein, deviceout, idle}". Searching through the mailing-list > archives, I found recommendations to 1) disable sync, 2) disable disconnect, > 3) slow the MB/sec transfer rate, 4) disable wide negotiation, 5)turn of > "ultra" negotiation, and of course 6)check cabling,termination. I also > formatted/verified the drives via the Adaptec BIOS SCSI-Select Utility. > > I also tried adjusting the Jaz drive's MB/sec, and disabling ultra/wide > transfers as appropriate for that device while leaving the other settings > for the IBM UW drives alone....no luck. > > I've done all of the above. The server isn't even in "real" use yet and > panicked five times today during relatively light transfers. > Any suggestions on a replacement SCSI controller which works better?? > Hellp!!! I hate looking like a fool and having my employers whine about > "they should have gone with..." > -- > > John-David Childs (JC612) http://www.denver.net > System Administrator jdc@denver.net > & Network Engineer Think, Listen, Look, then ACT! > "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Louis B Mayer > > >