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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:49:15 -0400
From:      Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>
To:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bad request errors on scsi tape drive
Message-ID:  <199804201747.NAA19524@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>

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Ok, I've been getting periodic bad request errors on a scsi drive in a
machine here.  The drive is a conner drive, id's to: "CONNER CTMS  3200
7.00" type 1 removable SCSI 2 on bootup.  These errors occur when I try to
do a dump (and as far as I've seen so far, only happen when I do a remote
dump).  From reading the archives I've seen that I need to enable the
scsidebug stuff for any chance of getting some help on this, so I'll be
sticking the results from that below.  Glancing through the logs that I got
from this, from my limited knowledge I'm guessing that the error is this:
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): 
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: ststrategy st0(ahc0:2:0): 1 bytes @ blk0
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0: bad request, must be between 5 and 65536

Looking back in the logs where it was succeeding, the lines looked more
like this:
Apr 20 13:39:36 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart st0(ahc0:2:0): 
Apr 20 13:39:36 vision /kernel: ststrategy st0(ahc0:2:0): 8192 bytes @
blk20176
Apr 20 13:39:36 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_cmd

I'm attaching everything that seems to have happened in the log from where
the login for the dump occurred below this.  If anyone has any ideas, I'd
appreciate hearing from them.

Apr 20 13:39:37 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): calling private start()
Apr 20 13:39:37 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart 
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision sshd[242]: log: ROOT LOGIN as 'root' from
eyelab.psy.msu.edu
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_cmd
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): get_xs
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): returning
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: xs(0xf04abb00):
flg(0x60)sc_link(0xf04abb80)retr(0x2)timo(0x186a0)cmd(0xf04abb58)len(0x6)dat
a(0x0)len(0x0)res(0x0)err(0x0)bp(0x0)st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 0,0,0,0,0,0-[0
bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_done

Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 0,0,0,0,0,0-[0 bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): back in cmd()
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): sc_err1,err = 0x0 
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): free_xs
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): calling private start()
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_cmd
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): get_xs
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): returning
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: xs(0xf04abb00):
flg(0x20)sc_link(0xf04abb80)retr(0x2)timo(0x186a0)cmd(0xf04abb58)len(0x6)dat
a(0x0)len(0x0)res(0x0)err(0x0)bp(0x0)st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 0,0,0,0,0,0-[0
bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_done
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 0,0,0,0,0,0-[0 bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): back in cmd()
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): sc_err1,err = 0x0 
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): free_xs
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): calling private start()
Apr 20 13:39:38 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_cmd
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): get_xs
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): returning
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: xs(0xf04abb00):
flg(0xe0)sc_link(0xf04abb80)retr(0x2)timo(0x1388)cmd(0xf04abb58)len(0x6)data
(0x0)len(0x0)res(0x0)err(0x0)bp(0x0)st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 1e,0,0,0,1,0-[0
bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_done
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 1e,0,0,0,1,0-[0 bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): back in cmd()
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): sc_err1,err = 0x0 
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): free_xs
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): calling private start()
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart st0(ahc0:2:0): Open
complete
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): stopen: dev=0xe01 (unit 0)
result 0
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): 
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: ststrategy st0(ahc0:2:0): 1 bytes @ blk0
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0: bad request, must be between 5 and 65536
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): stclose:  Closing device
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_cmd
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): get_xs
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): returning
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: xs(0xf04abb00):
flg(0x60)sc_link(0xf04abb80)retr(0x2)timo(0x1388)cmd(0xf04abb58)len(0x6)data
(0x0)len(0x0)res(0x0)err(0x0)bp(0x0)st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 1e,0,0,0,0,0-[0
bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): scsi_done
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): command: 1e,0,0,0,0,0-[0 bytes]
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): back in cmd()
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): sc_err1,err = 0x0 
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): free_xs
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): calling private start()
Apr 20 13:39:39 vision /kernel: st0(ahc0:2:0): ststart 

Thanks,

Gary Schrock
root@eyelab.msu.edu


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