From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 15:06:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD0916A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:06:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2795643D39 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:06:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@sandvine.com) Received: by mail.sandvine.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:06:29 -0500 Message-ID: From: Don Bowman To: 'Sven Willenberger' , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:06:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: RE: odd dmesg scsi error with aic7902 controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:06:30 -0000 From: Sven Willenberger [mailto:sven@dmv.com] > Have just moved to supermicro 1U boxes using 80-pin SCA > drives (Seagate > ST336607LC) and U320 adaptec on-board controllers (aic7902) and the > error shown in the dmesg below crops up during bootup. > > The odd thing is that it only occurs if 2 or more drives are > connected; > if only 1 drive is physically attached, the boot up sequence > is smooth. > These boxes are not yet in production and I hesitate to do so if the > error message is an indication of future problems. This same message > does occur in FreeBSD 4.9-Release also. The following dmesg snippet > comes from a 5.2.1-Release system: Upgrade your firmware on the drive. This is available from seagate. You want version 007. I have a utility that can do this under bsd if you wish. --don (who spent half of last summer on this problem :)