From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 1 03:50:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA26717 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 03:50:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from dg-rtp.dg.com (dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com [128.222.1.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA26711 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 03:50:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by dg-rtp.dg.com (5.4R3.10/dg-rtp-v02) id AA11975; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:50:07 -0500 Received: from ponds by dg-rtp.dg.com.rtp.dg.com; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:50 EST Received: from lakes.water.net (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.water.net (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA18970; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:12:47 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.water.net (8.8.3/8.6.9) id GAA01239; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:18:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:18:26 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199704011118.GAA01239@lakes.water.net> To: ponds!yoda.fdt.net!frankd, ponds!lakes.water.net!rivers Subject: Re: aha2940 problems on 2.1.7.1. Cc: ponds!freefall.cdrom.com!freebsd-hackers Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Frank Seltzer writes: > On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > > Just to let everyone know what I've tried, in an attempt to diagnose > > the aha2940 problems in 2.1.7.1. > > > > I increased (to 20 minutes) all of the timeout parms in the scsi_scsi_cmd() > > calls in st.c; thinking that perhaps the write at the end of the time > > was timing out too soon; causing my problems. [Recall, my problem is that > > I can write to a Wangtek 5150ES (QIC-150) and fill the tape up; which locks > > down my 2.1.7.1 system completely - this is a 2.1.6.1 system with a 2.1.7.1 > > kernel.] > > > > However, this didn't help the problem, when the write that fills the tape > > up completes I get (on the console): > > > > sd0(ahc0:0:0): SCB 0x2 - timed out in command phase, SCSISIGI == 0x84 > > SEQADDR == 0x42 > > st0(ahc0:2:0): abort message in message buffer > > I once got this same message while doing a dump to a DAT tape. I am > running 2.2 compiled from source. > > FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Mar 23 15:52:15 EST 1997 > root@Kryten.nina.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/Kryten > > ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:12 > ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs > (ahc0:0:0): "MICROP 4421-07 0329SJ 0329" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 2047MB (4193360 512 byte sectors) > sd0(ahc0:0:0): with 4049 cyls, 7 heads, and an average 147 sectors/track > (ahc0:3:0): "HP HP35480A T503" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(ahc0:3:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, variable blocks, > write-enabled > > It turned out that dump was corrupted somehow. I grabbed the binary from > another machine across the network that had 2.2 installed by ftp and it > cured the problem. > > I don't know if this is your problem but it worked for me. Nope - I'm using tar. I would be surprised if your problem simply wasn't time dependent; and the version of dump you were running wasn't actually the cause. Were you running 2.2 or 2.2.1 when you saw this? - Thanks - - Dave Rivers -