Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 20:50:06 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Shaun Finn <sfinn@thecore.com> Cc: Cayford Burrell <cayford@vicor-nb.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@tfs.com Subject: Re: SCSI problems Message-ID: <334B11EE.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970408224043.4518A-100000@guardian.thecore.com>
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Shaun Finn wrote: > > I just upgraded to FreeBSD 2.2.1 on my news server and have been > seeing the exact same problem and it is getting very frustrating. > I have the Adaptec 2940 running 3 4GB Seagate Hawks on a P5/100. > > Is anybody working on this problem? I'm sure that Justin will jump on it as soon as he surfaces again.. > > On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Cayford Burrell wrote: > > Hi there. We're having trouble with SCSI. Need > > some help. Console shows "timeout while idle", > > with a bunch of variables like SCSI_SIGI, LASTPHASE, > > and so on. Very often, the cpu freezes. Sometimes, > > the system recovers. I can easily recreate this. > > > > I heard from Poul-Henning that 2.2 had problems like > > this and that they were solved with 2.2.1. Well, > > I still have problems. 2.2.1 is better, but under > > load (6 processes reading a series of 200k files), it > > will crash, after 5-10 minutes, sometimes after 2-3 hours. > > > > Specifics: P5/133, Adaptec 2940UW, Seek Raid disk > > configured as one SCSI target with 39gb, AHC_TAGENABLE > > amd AHC_MEMIO. NOT AHC_PAGE_SCB (or whatever turns on > > SCB paging). FreeBSD 2.2.1. > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Shaun M. Finn TechnoCore Communications, Inc. | > | sfinn@thecore.com P.O. Box 106 | > | (908)928-7400 FAX:(908)928-7402 Jackson, NJ 08527-0106 | > +------------------- http://www.thecore.com/ ----------------------+
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