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Subject: Re: SCSI problems
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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.
> 
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