Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:01:12 -0500 (CDT) From: mikebo@tellabs.com (Mike Borowiec) To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: mikebo@tellabs.com (Mike Borowiec), gibbs@freebsd.org Subject: FBSD 2.xR: AIC7xxx driver vs. st() driver vs. tape drives Message-ID: <m0sOV1X-000jCyC@tellab5.lisle.tellabs.com>
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Greetings - I sent e-mail on this problem to Justin, the author of the AIC7xxx driver. He suggested I post my problems to this list: I've been running an Adaptec 1542B controller under FBSD 2.0 in a 486/50 EISA/VESA system for some time. I've never had a problem with my Archive Viper QIC150 and Exabyte 8200 tape drives before. Last week, I got an Adaptec 2742AT EISA dual-channel SCSI card, and have been unable to use either tape drive since. Thinking that the new and improved 274x driver code in v2.0.5R might solve the problem, I tried installing the new OS. The QIC150 tape install failed with the same error I get under 2.0R whenever I try to access the Archive Viper QIC150 drive. DEBUG: Notify: Attempting to extract from SCSI tape drive... DEBUG: Executing command 'cpio -iBduVm -H tar -I /dev/rst0' (Magic 0) st0(ahc1:2:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST st0: Cannot set selected mode st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 cpio: read error: Input/output error DEBUG: Command 'cpio -iBduVm -H tar -I /dev/rst0' returns status of 1 Another problem I'm having (under 2.0R) since installing the AHA2742AT card: Whenever I try to access the Exabyte 8200 8mm drive (even to do a "mt -f /dev/st1 rewind") I get a timeout message on the root disk drive, the drive select light stays lit and the entire system hangs. ahc0: target 0, lun 0 (sd0) timed out Abort unsupported! ahc0: target 0, lun 0 (sd0) timed out Abort unsupported! The root drive in this case is an Imprimis 94601-15 (aka. Seagate Wren-VII model ST41200N). This also worked fine on the AHA1542B, and began happening immediately after I installed the AHA2742AT. Can anyone answer: o Are there known problems with the SCSI or ST drivers and/or Archive Viper and/or Exabyte drives? Justin cannot confirm the Viper problem as he doesn't own one of these drives. Recent posts to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc indicate I'm not the only one having the "st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0" problem. o According to the 2.0.5R release notes, the AIC7xxx driver code is much better than 2.0R, so is the problem in the SCSI or ST driver, or is it the fault of my tape or disk drives? o Is there a workaround so I can get 2.0.5 running? o I can't tell if Exabyte access will hang the OS under 2.0.5R since I can't get it installed... but this is a major problem under 2.0R. Does anyone know what the "Abort unsupported" message means and how I can work around it? Both the Viper and Exabyte drives worked flawlessly with the 1542B, so I'm sorely tempted to go back to the ISA controller even tho I'm running an EISA system board. ACK!!! Any help or comments are much appreciated... - Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Borowiec Network Operations Tellabs Operations, Inc. mikebo@TELLABS.COM 1000 Remington Blvd. MS109 708-378-6007 FAX: 708-378-6714 Bolingbrook, IL, USA 60440 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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