Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:06:52 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net> Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mylex AcceleRAID-170 32Mb - Help needed with errormsg Message-ID: <200011140106.eAE16qF01133@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:10:59 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10011131603450.29666-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>
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> Ripped the code for the driver for this card from the 5.x tree, and
> recompiled/installed for 4.1.1-RELEASE. All seemed to work like a dream.
>
> Two weeks or so later, and it's frozen. Powercycling gives this message
> before the boot freezes;
>
> Automatic boot in progress...
> /dev/da0s1a: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS
> /dev/da0s1a: clean, 99584 free (856 frags, 12341 blocks, 0.7% fragmentation)
> mly0: got AM completion for illegal slot 12288 at 62
> mly0: got AM completion for illegal slot 28672 at 63
> mly0: got AM completion for illegal slot 49152 at 64
>
> (last 3 messages are in hi-white)
>
> And there it sits, no panic or reboot prompt.
>
> While I can find this error quite easily in the driver sources, I find no
> explanation of what it means (I have no knowledge of how SCSI works, what
> a 'slot' is in this context, etc.)
>
> Can someone shed a little light on this?
This looks frighteningly like a new manifestation of a known quirk in the
Mylex firmware (see mlxreg.h and the discussion on the size of the
command ring). I haven't had any feedback from Mylex on that quirk
though.
However, the fact that the card was running fine, but is now falling over
as soon as you boot leads me to wonder if you aren't having hardware
problems. Is the card overheating? Is the DIMM properly inserted? Is
the card properly seated?
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