Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:43:13 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-Current <current@FreeBSD.org>, Nathan Bradshaw <nb@xap.com> Subject: Re: Adaptec problems Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950221174200.14850A-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199502211929.TAA00158@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, Gary Palmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> A friend has been asking me for hints on a problem he has been seeing for
> a few weeks, and it's bitten me now (I've just fitted a new SCSI drive)
>
> We both have Adaptec 1542(something) cards (mine is a CF AFAIK) in the
> machines providing primary storage. For some unknown reason the kernel will
> thrash the disk happily for a while, then the card (and presumably the SCSI
> bus) locks tight. Of course the kernel then vanishes into unspeakable places
> as it can't do any I/O. (the console messages just complain of bus timeouts
> AFAIR - then the VM pagers starts griping. I don't have DDB compiled in
> so it just prints `Debugger(aha1542) called'). Next time someone remind me
> to get a pen and paper out...
>
> The access light on the drive stays on (constantly) when this happens, as
> does the light on the controller.
>
> My setup looks like :
>
> External SCSI CD <-> card <-> internal drive
>
> Both the CDROM & the hard disk are terminated. My friend just has the
> disk on it's own. Not another piece of hardware or dust exists on his bus.
>
> The boot messages from my machine are appended. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
>
> P.S. My friend says Linux doesn't do this on his hardware. I'm not mad
> enough to try... :-)
>
> -- SNIP --
> FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development #0: Tue Feb 21 16:56:36 GMT 1995
> root@palmer.demon.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/WESTHILL
> CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU)
> real memory = 8257536 (2016 pages)
> avail memory = 7135232 (1742 pages)
> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
> sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
> sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
> ed2 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 maddr 0xcc000 msize 16384 on isa
^^^^^^^^^^^
Isn't this the same ioaddr as your 1542CF ?
> ed2: address 00:00:c0:5c:46:8e, type WD8013EPC (16 bit)
> bpf: ed2 attached
> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
> sio0: type 16450
> sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
> sio1: type 16450
> lpt0 at 0x278-0x27f irq 7 on isa
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> fdc0: (NEC 72065B) [0: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in]
> wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
> wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <94354-230>
> wd0: 201MB (412128 total sec), 1272 cyl, 9 head, 36 sec, bytes/sec 512
> aha0 is a 154xCF-2.01-VB.0: enabling mailbox and residuals
> aha0: reading board settings, dma=5 int=11 (bus speed defaulted)
> aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
> aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> aha0 targ 0 lun 0: type 0(direct) fixed SCSI2
> aha0 targ 0 lun 0: <CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 1823>
> sd0: 1013MB (2074880 total sec), 2756 cyl, 8 head, 94 sec, bytes/sec 512
> aha0 targ 6 lun 0: type 5(readonly) removable SCSI2
> aha0 targ 6 lun 0: <SONY CD-ROM CDU-8003A1.9a>
> cd0: cd present.[208702 x 2048 byte records]
> npx0 on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> bpf: lo0 attached
> bpf: sl0 attached
>
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