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Date:      Wed, 03 Feb 1999 14:40:32 +1030
From:      Mike <mike@vee.net>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 2920?
Message-ID:  <36B7CC38.1D7127C2@vee.net>
References:  <199902030359.UAA44931@panzer.plutotech.com>

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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote:

> Michael Gratton wrote...
> > Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael Gratton wrote...
> > > > Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Gratton wrote...
> > > > > > Booting hangs after the "Waiting for SCSI devices to settle.." message.
> > > > > > The probe complains about somthing, but I lost the bit of paper the
> > > > > > messages were scribbled on (darn darn darn!).
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, I've got a few questions:
> > > > >
> > > > >  - It sounds like you must be booting off an IDE disk.  Can you boot
> > > > >    without the DAT drive attached, or without the SCSI controller in the
> > > > >    machine?
> > > >
> > > > The machine does only have a single IDE drive. The same problem occcurs when
> > > > the DAT is disconnected, and it boots just fine without the adapter
> > > > installed.
> > > >
> > > > If I left it long enough, with the driver give up and allow the machine to
> > > > boot normally? At least then I could copy the errors from /var/log/messages
> > >
> > > Another alternative is putting a serial console on the machine.  That would
> > > allow you to capture boot messages, kernel printfs, etc.
> >
> > I ended up just writing it down:
> >
> > --
> > Waiting 15 sec for SCSI devices to settle
> > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0) SCB 0x0 - timed out while idle, LAST PHASE == 0x1,
> > SCSISIGI == 0x0
> > SEQADDR == 0x188
> > STATI(?) == 0x0
> > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0) no longer in timeout status = 34b
> > ahc0: issued Channel A Bus Reset. 7SCBS aborted.
> > --
> >
> > It then goes on, the probe number incrementing (eg, probe1:0;1:0) wthis the
> > same errors.
>
> That is quite odd.  The timed out while idle message indicates that a
> command timed out, and the device didn't respond.
>
> You said that this happens both with *and* without the DAT drive connected?

Yep, it also occured when I had just a single hard drive attached to it.

> If that is the case, that means that the driver is getting confused
> somehow, and must think that something is responding to selections.  (which
> shouldn't be happening, since there is nothing on the bus!!)
>
> I could come up with a theory if it only happened with the DAT drive
> installed, but this is strange.  It could be a sequencer bug.  I'll forward
> this on to Justin and see what he says...

Thanks!

Mike.


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