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From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: NCR SCSI problem
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FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE.

Jan 24 11:02:29 news /kernel: ncr0 <ncr 53c875 wide scsi> rev 3 int a irq 10 on pci0:10
Jan 24 11:02:29 news /kernel: ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
Jan 24 11:02:29 news /kernel: (ncr0:0:0): "IBM XP31070W      !x 81K6" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Jan 24 11:02:29 news /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access 
Jan 24 11:02:29 news /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled.
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: 
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: 1074MB (2199878 512 byte sectors)
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: (ncr0:1:0): "SEAGATE ST15150N 0014" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access 
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: sd1(ncr0:1:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: 4095MB (8388315 512 byte sectors)
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: (ncr0:2:0): "SEAGATE ST15150N 0011" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: sd2(ncr0:2:0): Direct-Access 
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: sd2(ncr0:2:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: 4095MB (8388315 512 byte sectors)
Jan 24 11:02:30 news /kernel: (ncr0:4:0): "SEAGATE ST15230N 0298" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Jan 24 11:02:31 news /kernel: sd3(ncr0:4:0): Direct-Access 
Jan 24 11:02:31 news /kernel: sd3(ncr0:4:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Jan 24 11:02:31 news /kernel: 4112MB (8422643 512 byte sectors)

I'm using a Symbios '875 PCI card with 1 Fast-Wide drive and 3 narrow drives.

About twice a week we have a crash. Luckily, last night it didn't reboot, so 
we could see the messages.

sd0(ncr:0:0:0) COMMAND FAILED (4 28) @f11b0a00
assertion "cp" failed: file "../../pci/ncr.c line 5560

swap_pager: I/O error - pagein failed error 5
vm_fault: pager input (probably hardware error)

Are there known problem with this (or any other NCR) card? This 
machine is used as a news server, so it gets lots of activity.


-joe