Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:26:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Essenz Consulting <john@essenz.com> To: Graham Allen <maillist@page-designer.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE and Adaptec AIC7892 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007171020270.28097-100000@athena.lightningone.net> In-Reply-To: <000401bfef47$8f6460e0$5aa2dec2@windows>
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Graham, I have used the exact same boards, and have no problems with the onboard SCSI (aic-7892). I might suggest making sure all the SCSI stuff is setup right. i.e., using the right cables and pin settings, make sure you have the active terminator on the end of the chain, etc.,. But the current driver definitely supports those Supermicro PIIIDM3 AIC-7892 motherboards. Also, its not too outlandish for the motherboard to be BAD, I have had a few over the years from supermicro. -john v.e. On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Graham Allen wrote: > I've been having trouble installing FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE onto a dual PIII > 600Mhz system with a Supermicro PIIIDM3 Motherboard, and 2 x 128Mb non-ECC > DIMMs. The board has an Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra160 onboard SCSI Controller. I > have searched through the mailing list archives, and noted that there is no > support for 160Mb/sec yet, however the problems still occur when we set the > speed to 80Mb/sec (or even 40Mb/sec) manually using the SCSISelect utility > with the card. I've tried using the latest -STABLE snapshot, but this doesnt > help. > > I'm assuming that the chip is actually supported, as AIC-789x chips are > listed in the supported hardware list. > > The installer gets as far as unpacking and installing the 'bin' set, and > sometimes a bit further, but then all disk activity stops, and the following > messages appear on the console: > > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0x1e - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0xc > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Queuing a BDR SCB > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0x1e - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0x9 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): no longer in timeout, status = 34b > ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 125 SCBs aborted > ahc0:A:0: ahc_intr - referenced scb not valid during seqinit 0x71 scb(30) > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb 30 (cmdcmplt) > QOUTPOS = 0 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0x1e - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0xb > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Queuing a BDR SCB > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0xe - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0x157 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Queuing a BDR SCB > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb 30 (cmdcmplt) > QOUTPOS = 2 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Bus Device Reset Message Sent > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): no longer in timeout, status 34b > ahc0: Bus Device Reset on A:0. 73 SCBs aborted > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0xe - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0xb > ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 0 SCBs aborted > > Any ideas on what may be causing this problem, or what we can do to fix it? > > Graham Allen > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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