From owner-aic7xxx Wed Sep 17 08:37:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA19167 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:37:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rosie.et.tudelft.nl (rotterdam-072.std.pop.tip.nl [195.18.72.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA19161 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:37:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cave.BitWizard.nl (cave.et.tudelft.nl [130.161.127.248]) by rosie.et.tudelft.nl (8.7.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA14147; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:26:05 +0200 Received: (from wolff@localhost) by cave.BitWizard.nl (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA04388; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:31:47 +0200 Message-Id: <199709171531.RAA04388@cave.BitWizard.nl> Subject: Re: 2.0.31-pre9 again: Panic during backup To: Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:31:47 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, aic7xxx@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9709171110.AA16119@rrzc1.rz.uni-regensburg.de> from "Ulrich Windl" at Sep 17, 97 01:10:02 pm From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) Content-Type: text Sender: owner-aic7xxx@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ulrich Windl wrote: > > Yesterday I had time to try the backup with the aic7xxx again. It > crashed again! My disk is ID#0, TAPE is #1 [...] > Kernel panic: aic7xxx: Waiting list inconsistency; SCB index = 255, numscbs = 9 > In swapper task - not syncing Although owners of those devices won't be happy with this, would it make sense to tag the aix7xxx driver (or the "performance optimization features") as "experimental"? Many of the reported crashes seem to concentrate on AIC7xxx based systems....... Maybe that driver isn't ready for 2.0.31 yet.... Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** +31-15-2137555 ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** Florida -- A 39 year old construction worker woke up this morning when a 109-car freigt train drove over him. According to the police the man was drunk. The man himself claims he slipped while walking the dog. 080897