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Date:      Wed, 05 Mar 1997 17:28:38 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        "Harry Reed" <doon@eeyore.lv-hrc.nevada.edu>
Cc:        "Nathan Torkington" <gnat@frii.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5->2.1.7 causes SCSI errors? 
Message-ID:  <19436.857611718@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Mar 1997 11:08:03 PST." <199703051908.LAA07345@eeyore.lv-hrc.nevada.edu> 

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You guys just need to update your firmware (at least this is
a definite in Nathan's case).  The modern driver takes more advantage
these drives, and firmware bugs in the earlier revisions of them
cause problems for this code.

ftp.qntm.com

> I experienced this problem also, but with 2.1.6. Had to dump the 2940 :)
> and use a 1542B Ugh!
> Let ne know if you ever find out what happened!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Harry Reed
> 
> ----------
> > From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject: 2.1.5->2.1.7 causes SCSI errors?
> > Date: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 9:26 AM
> > 
> > Our news machine worked just fine under 2.1.5, but barfed miserably
> > when upgraded to 2.1.7.  It reboots about every 20 minutes now.
> > 
> > The kernel probe finds the disks:
> > kernel: ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 3 int a irq 11 on
> pci0:12
> > kernel: ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
> > kernel: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> > kernel: (ahc0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST32430N 0510" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> > kernel: sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 2049MB (4197405 512 byte sectors)
> > kernel: (ahc0:1:0): "SEAGATE ST32430N 0510" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> > kernel: sd1(ahc0:1:0): Direct-Access 2049MB (4197405 512 byte sectors)
> > kernel: (ahc0:2:0): "SEAGATE ST32430N 0510" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> > kernel: sd2(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 2049MB (4197405 512 byte sectors)
> > kernel: (ahc0:3:0): "SEAGATE ST32430N 0510" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> > kernel: sd3(ahc0:3:0): Direct-Access 2049MB (4197405 512 byte sectors)
> > kernel: (ahc0:4:0): "QUANTUM XP34300 F81H" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> > kernel: sd4(ahc0:4:0): Direct-Access 4101MB (8399520 512 byte sectors)
> > 
> > The messages we get before reboots are:
> > 
> > kernel: sd4(ahc0:4:0): timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI
> == 0x0
> > kernel: SEQADDR == 0x8
> > kernel: panic: ahc0: Timed-out command times out again
> > kernel: 
> > kernel: syncing disks... 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
> 70 70 70 70 giving up
> > kernel: Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to
> abort
> > kernel: Rebooting...
> > 
> > That disk is part of a large CCD device:
> > ccd0            32      0       /dev/sd1s1 /dev/sd2s1 /dev/sd3s1
> /dev/sd4s1
> > 
> > I copied the old kernel configuration file from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 and
> > built and installed it without complaints.  I couldn't find anything
> > in the 2.1.7 LINT file to suggest that the format of the SCSI device
> > specification has significantly changed between 2.1.5 and 2.1.7.  We
> > haven't seen this behaviour on any of our other 5 servers which I
> > upgraded at the same time and in the same manner (the others don't
> > have ccd or the Quantum drive).
> > 
> > What did I do wrong and (more importantly) what do I do to fix it?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Nat
> > (I'm not a list subscriber, just someone who is following the kernel's
> > instructions and is panicking, so please CC: gnat@frii.com on your
> > replies)
> > 




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