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Date:      Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:44:26 -0500
From:      "Peter Avalos" <pavalos@theshell.com>
To:        "freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Are there ANY scsi drives that dont screw up?  Adaptec 39160's w/IBM DDYS-T09170N S80D Drives
Message-ID:  <AAEMIFFLKPKLAOJHJANHGEBACGAA.pavalos@theshell.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000918180725.A35596@panzer.kdm.org>

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Everyone keeps talking about updating firmware, but I can't find the
firmware upgrades anywhere on ibm's site. How do you go about doing this?


Peter Avalos

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kenneth D. Merry
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:07 PM
> To: Kelsey Womack
> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Are there ANY scsi drives that dont screw up? Adaptec
> 39160's w/IBM DDYS-T09170N S80D Drives
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 17:10:32 -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 16:05:56 -0700, Kelsey Womack wrote:
> > > ahc1: WARNING no command for scb 13 (cmdcmplt)
> > > QOUTPOS = 190
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): SCB 0xb - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0xc
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): Queuing a BDR SCB
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): Bus Device Reset Message Sent
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): no longer in timeout, status = 34b
> > > ahc1: Bus Device Reset on A:0. 1 SCBs aborted
> > > ahc1: WARNING no command for scb 122 (cmdcmplt)
> > > QOUTPOS = 124
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): SCB 0x28 - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0xa
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): Queuing a BDR SCB
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): Bus Device Reset Message Sent
> > > (da0:ahc1:0:0:0): no longer in timeout, status = 34b
> > > ahc1: Bus Device Reset on A:0. 1 SCBs aborted
> > >
> > > Any ideas?  Should I update the firmware?  And please tell me
> there's a version I can use with FreeBSD... heheh
> > >
> > [ make sure you wrap your lines at 70 columns or so, it's
> easier to read ]
> >
> > Yes, you should update the firmware.  From the subject, you're using
> > version S80D of the firmware, which I have heard (second hand)
> can lock up
> > the bus.  FWIW, I've got two 36G DDYS drives with the same firmware.  I
> > haven't had lockups, but then I don't push them very hard.
> >
> > Supposedly the problems are fixed in version S93E of the
> firmware for the
> > DDYS drives.  (And this problem only affects the DDYS drives.)
>
> Actually, it looks like the problems also affect the DPSS drives,
> which are
> the Ultrastar 36LP 7200RPM series.  So if you've got any of those, you'll
> want to upgrade the firmware for them as well.
>
> Ken
> --
> Kenneth Merry
> ken@kdm.org
>
>
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