Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 18:47:43 -0700 (MST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: ellis@kcc.com (Ellis Joshua) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AIC-7890 - can't install 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <199904030147.SAA04556@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <2B2253731B41D211846400805F19594B04B0F215@ustcax08.kcc.com> from "Ellis, Joshua" at "Apr 2, 1999 1: 8:17 pm"
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Ellis, Joshua wrote... > Originally posted in freebsd-questions, but this may be a more appropriate > forum. > > Running ASUS P2B-S motherboard, with a PII/450. Using the onboard AIC-7890 > controller with a Quantum Viking II 4.5WLS Ultra-LVD drive, attempting to > install FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. > > After the full-screen visual config, it starts to load the kernel. After > going through the hardware detection, it gets to the point where it says, > "waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle" or something close. Then I > start getting errors: > > Unexpected busfree. LASTPHASE == 0x40 > SEQADDR == 0x8a > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:1):SCB 0x0 - timed out in datain phase, SEQADDR==0x88 > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:1):BDR message in message buffer > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:1):SCB 0x0 - timed out in datain phase, SEQADDR==0x87 > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:1):no longer in timeout, status=34b > ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 1 SCBs aborted > > This block of messages is repeated ad nauseum, or at least for 10 minutes, > when I turn the machine off. > > On boot-up, everything identifies itself correctly. If I go into the > on-board SCSI-Select utility, it identifies the hard drive, and I can run > the low-level format, so the controller and drive appear to be > communicating. I've verified the drive is terminated, verified we're in LVD > mode, and tried different SCSI IDs. Any suggestions on what to look at > next? There is a known hang problem with the 7890, and it sounds like that's the problem you have. Justin suspects it is a hardware bug, but hasn't yet heard back from Adaptec on a solution. He committed a work-around, however, that may help. It was committed on March 22nd/23rd, so grab one of the 3.1-STABLE snapshots that is *after* March 23rd from: ftp://releng3.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/ If you continue to have problems after trying a newer snapshot, send mail to the SCSI list -- scsi@FreeBSD.ORG. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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