From owner-aic7xxx Tue Sep 16 22:05:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA15439 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (deischen@iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA15429 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from deischen@localhost) by iworks.InterWorks.org (8.7.5/) id XAA08017; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:31:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709170431.XAA08017@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:31:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG, tarasd@visiondb.com.au Subject: Re: AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra Wide Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've then downloaded 2.2-970914-RELENG thinking it would have a newer > (better ?) set of drivers for the aic7xxx stuff. I extracted just the > aic* files and directories, made a few mods to files.i386 and built a > new kernel with them, ie. primarily a 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel with the > aic stuff from 2.2-970914-RELENG. > > The results are below, there seem to be less errors and no SCSI Bus > reset this time. > > Would I now be correct in concluding that its probably not the > aic7xxx driver (et al.) but a more likely a SCSI termination problem > ? If you're terminating the bus with the JAZ drive, I'd say that could be a problem. > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: ahc0 adapter> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:10 Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: > ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: (ahc0:2:0): "QUANTUM FIREBALL ST6.4S > 0F04" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: sd0(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 6180MB > (12657717 512 byte sectors) > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: (ahc0:6:0): "iomega jaz 1GB J^77" type 0 > removable SCSI 2 > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: sd1(ahc0:6:0): Direct-Access > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: sd1(ahc0:6:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 > Invalid field in CDB > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: sd1 could not mode sense (4). Using > ficticious geometry > Sep 16 10:16:08 www /kernel: ahc0: board is not responding What is wrong with the JAZ drive here? It doesn't seem to be responding correctly. Have you got wide negotiation enabled for it? Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org