Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:36:33 -0600 From: Steve Cahill <nonymous@concentric.net> To: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> Cc: "aic7xxx FreeBSD.ORG" <AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2.X+scsi+ide=timeout mystery Message-ID: <388C0101.16509F80@concentric.net> References: <388BF45A.2836F5DC@concentric.net> <388BA47A.681A1F87@redhat.com>
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--------------691C9F875B7033D5309713DE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Doug, Recall I upgraded to the 2.2.14 kernel and even applied your patch <aic7xxx-5.1.22.patch> for the most recent driver and it did not cure the problem? --Steve Doug Ledford wrote: > We had a machine in here in the test lab with the same problem. After upgrading the kernel to a 2.2.14 or later kernel, the problem myseriously went away. We attribute it to IDE changes in the 2.2.14 kernel patch. But, I'm not an IDE expert.... > Steve Cahill wrote: > > > > Well Folks, > > > > This one is a real mystery..... > > > > I cannot believe that my setup is unique, but hey... stranger things can > > happen I suppose. I have an Adaptec AHA-2940U2W with several devices ( see > > 2.0.38 dmesg out below), and an IDE primary drive where my boot record lives > > with a (bootable) DOS partition as well as some other Linux partitions: > > > > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > > > hda: WDC AC26400B, 6149MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63 > > > > My main (mother) board is an FIC PA-2013 with a 350MHz AMD K6-2 > > CPU, Millenium G200 video adapter, 128MB (PC100) SDRAM, sound card and modem > > reside in the 2 ISA slots and a 3COM 3c905B Cyclone ethernet card in one of > > the PCI slots. > > (aka very typical setup??) > > > > When booting any Linux 2.2.X kernel with this IDE drive present I get a > > timeout message (which I have posted before, but will include here for > > completeness): > > > > scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 60, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun > > 0 0x28 00 00 70 c2 ce 00 00 02 00 > > > > The timeout can last anywhere from 25 to 40 seconds. Another symptom is > > LILO will hang (i.e. executing lilo) or take a very long time to execute. > > > > When I boot any of the 2.2.X kernels without this drive present the timeout > > disappears. In fact when I boot with this drive present in any of the newer > > 2.0.3X kernels which support this adapter there is NO timeout and lilo > > behaves normally! > > > > So why don't I just shutup and just use the 2.0.38 kernel? Well I do, but > > I would like to have some of the newer 2.2.X kernel features not present in > > the 2.0.3X kernels. > > > > If anyone has a similiar hardware setup (at the very least has the 2940U2W) > > that mixes both scsi and ide in the 2.2.X kernels and get no timeouts or > > lilo troubles, please let me know. I have discussed this at length with Doug > > Ledford and I am sure he would be interested in knowing also. It is possible > > that there is something in my BIOS (and/or BIOS settings) that the 2.0.3X > > kernels (as well as WINDOZE :) overlooks or doesn't care about. > > -- > > Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> http://people.redhat.com/dledford > Please check my web site for aic7xxx updates/answers before > e-mailing me about problems > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message --------------691C9F875B7033D5309713DE Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi Doug, <p>Recall I upgraded to the 2.2.14 kernel and even applied your patch <<i>aic7xxx-5.1.22.patch> </i>for the most recent driver and it did not cure the problem? <p>--Steve <br> <p>Doug Ledford wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> </blockquote> We had a machine in here in the test lab with the same problem. After <br>upgrading the kernel to a 2.2.14 or later kernel, the problem myseriously went <br>away. We attribute it to IDE changes in the 2.2.14 kernel patch. But, I'm <br>not an IDE expert.... <br> <br> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Steve Cahill wrote: <br>> <br>> Well Folks, <br>> <br>> This one is a real mystery..... <br>> <br>> I cannot believe that my setup is unique, but hey... stranger things can <br>> happen I suppose. I have an Adaptec AHA-2940U2W with several devices ( see <br>> 2.0.38 dmesg out below), and an IDE primary drive where my boot record lives <br>> with a (bootable) DOS partition as well as some other Linux partitions: <br>> <br>> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > <br>> hda: WDC AC26400B, 6149MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63 <br>> <br>> My main (mother) board is an FIC PA-2013 with a 350MHz AMD K6-2 <br>> CPU, Millenium G200 video adapter, 128MB (PC100) SDRAM, sound card and modem <br>> reside in the 2 ISA slots and a 3COM 3c905B Cyclone ethernet card in one of <br>> the PCI slots. <br>> (aka very typical setup??) <br>> <br>> When booting any Linux 2.2.X kernel with this IDE drive present I get a <br>> timeout message (which I have posted before, but will include here for <br>> completeness): <br>> <br>> scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 60, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun <br>> 0 0x28 00 00 70 c2 ce 00 00 02 00 <br>> <br>> The timeout can last anywhere from 25 to 40 seconds. Another symptom is <br>> LILO will hang (i.e. executing lilo) or take a very long time to execute. <br>> <br>> When I boot any of the 2.2.X kernels without this drive present the timeout <br>> disappears. In fact when I boot with this drive present in any of the newer <br>> 2.0.3X kernels which support this adapter there is NO timeout and lilo <br>> behaves normally! <br>> <br>> So why don't I just shutup and just use the 2.0.38 kernel? Well I do, but <br>> I would like to have some of the newer 2.2.X kernel features not present in <br>> the 2.0.3X kernels. <br>> <br>> If anyone has a similiar hardware setup (at the very least has the 2940U2W) <br>> that mixes both scsi and ide in the 2.2.X kernels and get no timeouts or <br>> lilo troubles, please let me know. I have discussed this at length with Doug <br>> Ledford and I am sure he would be interested in knowing also. It is possible <br>> that there is something in my BIOS (and/or BIOS settings) that the 2.0.3X <br>> kernels (as well as WINDOZE :) overlooks or doesn't care about. <p>-- <p> Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> <a href="http://people.redhat.com/dledford">http://people.redhat.com/dledford</a>; <br> Please check my web site for aic7xxx updates/answers before <br> e-mailing me about problems <p>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <br>with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message</blockquote> </html> --------------691C9F875B7033D5309713DE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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