From owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 18:29:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 811D237B401; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:29:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mobile.hub.org (u134n133.eastlink.ca [24.224.134.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB4543F3F; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:29:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by mobile.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9F4D7CA3; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:29:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mobile.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A364CA1; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:29:38 -0300 (ADT) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:29:38 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker To: Don Bowman In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030728222919.D17191@hub.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: "'freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org'" cc: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Subject: RE: AIC7902 w/ seagate U320 drive issue on releng-4 (and current) X-BeenThere: aic7xxx@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Adaptec Device Drivers in FreeBSD and Linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:29:40 -0000 please, I have a whack of drives that need to be done, and prefer to avoid windoze if I can :) On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Don Bowman wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Don Bowman wrote: > > > > > Jul 26 19:27:20 /kernel: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > FYI, i've solved this problem for me by moving to > firmware version 5 on the ST318453LW (U320 15KRPM 18GB) > seagate drive. > > If you are seeing the problem I mentioned with U320 > seagate drive and AIC7902 controller I highly recommend > contacting seagate and requesting the latest rom. > Sadly the actual changes are 'proprietary' so I cannot > be sure this was the root cause of the problem. I'm > guessing there is an issue with large # of tags outstanding, > but its only a hunch. > > I have code to program this ROM under FreeBSD i > will share with anyone who asks. I obtained this > from andre __AT__ albsmeier __DOT__ net, who had > posted information to this list in the past [thank > you!]. > > I cannot be 100% sure this fixes the problem, but it was > pretty easy to reproduce with 'dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/null bs=20k', > and now I cannot reproduce on the 15 systems I am trying. > > --don > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org