Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 16:14:38 -0400 From: mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey) To: Andy Kennedy <st0658@student-mail.jsu.edu> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with an AHA-2940 UW (PCI) Message-ID: <199809132014.QAA24976@vielle.datasys.net>
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I've had immense trouble with the 2940UW with 2.0.34 and 2.0.35 -- and so have lots of other people. There's an unstable AIC-7xxx driver in the `stable' Linux kernels. If you use 2.0.33, patch it against network attacks. : Slackware 3.5???? What device(s) do you have hung from your card? did : you diable the Wide negotiation? That is what I had to do with the : orignial driver (not written by doug) and haven't changed it (yes, I'm a : coward). You might want to try doing that. I used to get that message : when I used an inexpensive 58pin ribbon cable for my wide HDs. Could be : a bad cable??? : : : wuff, : andy : : On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Anthony Spataro wrote: : : > I recently bought an Adaptec 2940 UltraWide adapter and I get the following : > messages when I try to boot using a Slackware 3.5, Red Hat or Debian boot : > disk (all using the 2.0.34 or 2.0.35 kernel): : > : > >scsi: 1 hosts : > >(scsi 0:0:-1:-1) Scanning channel for devices : > >SCSI: aborting command du to timeout: pid 1, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, : > >lun0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 : > >SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1) time out - trying harder : > >SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0 : > : > This problem appears to be very similar or identical to the problem : > reported by Ulrich Hansmair <ulrich@hansmair.m.uunet.de> in an earlier : > message to the list, with the exception that earlier in the boot sequence, : > I see output saying something along the lines of "Downloading sequencer : > code...406 instructions downloaded" followed by "Failed initialization of : > WD-7000 card!" I don't know if Ulrich had a similar message. : > : > He suggested I disable SCSI BIOS in the SCSI adapter's setup and try to : > boot. I did so and the same error occured. I know very little about SCSI : > and I have only one hard drive, so there's no way for me to install Linux : > to compile a new kernel or a new version of the aic7xxx driver...in short, : > I'm in a jam. I know I'm coming to you without a clue, but I've been : > working on this problem for three weeks without progress, so I decided to : > break down and ask about it. Thanks in advance for any help. : > : > : > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : > with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message : > : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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