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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 1996 22:29:32 +0200
From:      Heiko Blume <src@NS.Contrib.Com>
To:        gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org
Cc:        john@ulantris.infinop.com, bill@twwells.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adaptec disk controllers and 2.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <199606132029.WAA08402@NS.Contrib.Com>
In-Reply-To: <199606130920.CAA08491@freefall.freebsd.org> (gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org)

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>>>>> "Justin" == Justin T Gibbs <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> writes:

    >>>>>>> "John" == John A Booth <john@ulantris.infinop.com> writes:
    >> 
    >> >> 
    >> >> I'm using an adaptec 2940 on my news server. I've been told that
    >> >> the occasional panics (something about scsi bus timeouts?) have
    >> >> been resolved by a -STABLE release; however, when I installed the
    >> >> first of them (well, partially: I swapped kernels and /bin), I
    >> >> got a flood of complaints that my server was failing.
    >> >> 
    >> 
    >> i do run 2.1-stable, but i still encounter that problem.
    >> just yesterday i had steady lights on one of my disks and
    >> on the adaptec, machine completely fronzen.
    >> i could not break into the kernel debugger, so...reset :-(
    >> 
    >> very unpleasant!!

    Justin> Using what revision of the driver files?

    Justin> sys/i386/scsi/aic7xxx*
    Justin> sys/i386/eisa/aic7770.c
    Justin> sys/dev/aic7xxx/*
    Justin> sys/pci/aic7870.c

    Justin> There were changes to the -stable driver as recently as last Sunday.

i supped everything around may 4-6:

sys/i386/scsi/aic7xxx.c: *      $Id: aic7xxx.c,v 1.29.2.12 1996/04/28 19:33:58 gibbs Exp $
sys/i386/scsi/aic7xxx.h: *      $Id: aic7xxx.h,v 1.10.2.8 1996/04/28 19:34:00 gibbs Exp $
sys/i386/eisa/aic7770.c: *      $Id: aic7770.c,v 1.21.2.2 1996/04/28 19:38:18 gibbs Exp $
sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.seq:VERSION AIC7XXX_SEQ_VER "$Id: aic7xxx.seq,v 1.16.4.11 1996/04/28 19:33:03 gibbs Exp $"
sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_asm.c:static char id[] = "$Id: aic7xxx_asm.c,v 1.9.4.3 1996/04/01 00:11:14 gibbs Exp $";
sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_reg.h: *        $Id: aic7xxx_reg.h,v 1.2.2.4 1996/04/28 19:33:05 gibbs Exp $
sys/pci/aic7870.c: *    $Id: aic7870.c,v 1.11.2.10 1996/04/28 19:37:09 gibbs Exp $


sometimes it runs for 10 days, sometimes it hangs every day.
the adaptec LED is always on. sometimes a drive LED too.


FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE #0: Fri Jun  7 10:31:18 MET DST 1996
    root@news.b-1.de.contrib.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/CONTRIB
CPU: 99-MHz Pentium 735\\90 or 815\\100 (Pentium-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x525  Stepping=5
  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
real memory  = 50331648 (49152K bytes)
avail memory = 46747648 (45652K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:7
ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:12
ahc0: aic7880 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
(ahc0:0:0): "IBM DPES-31080 S31Q" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 1034MB (2118144 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:1:0): "DEC DSP5400S 427L" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd1(ahc0:1:0): Direct-Access 3814MB (7812870 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:2:0): "SEAGATE ST32550N 0016" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd2(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 2047MB (4194058 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:3:0): "SEAGATE ST32550N 0016" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd3(ahc0:3:0): Direct-Access 2047MB (4194058 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:4:0): "SEAGATE ST32550N 0016" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd4(ahc0:4:0): Direct-Access 2047MB (4194058 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:5:0): "IBM DPES-31080 S31Q" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd5(ahc0:5:0): Direct-Access 1034MB (2118144 512 byte sectors)
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa
ed0: address 00:00:c0:0c:d1:67, type WD8013EPC (16 bit) 
ed1 not probed due to maddr conflict with ed0 at 0xd8000
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f 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
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 not found at 0x1f0
wdc1 not found at 0x170
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
changing root device to sd0a
ccd0-3: Concatenated disk drivers
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted.
putc to a clist with no reserved cblocks
putc to a clist with no reserved cblocks
putc to a clist with no reserved cblocks
putc to a clist with no reserved cblocks

btw, what are those last four ones? never seen
before.

hb



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