Problem with 2.4.14 mounting i2o device as root device Adaptec 3200 RAID controller?

Problem with 2.4.14 mounting i2o device as root device Adaptec 3200 RAID controller?

[Michael Peddemors]

It may be an esoteric problem in my config, but I installed a RedHat 7.2
onto an Adaptec (It was strange, I could install one out of 3 tries, but
rebooting into the 2.4.7-pre that ships with RedHat it got to unloading
free memory, paused about 2 minutes, the the screen rolls with unable to
read device messages) 3200s/quantum combination, but it gives me read
problems on the device, with anything more than 512 MG RAM.  Thought it
might be kernel related so tried a freshly rolled 2.4.14 kernel, and it
fails to mount the root point /dev/i2o/hda1 (kernel panic, cannot mount
5001)
Hardware has mostly been ruled out, as we replaced the motherboard/and
controller as well as the mundane cables and terminators...

Is anyone successfully using 2.4.14 on an Adaptec 3200s controller?
This could be a PCI issue, because just we see a lot of interrrupt
activity on the card just before it dies..

Am not using modules, compiled the i20 support directly into 2.4.14

Wanted to get some serious 2.4.14 testing on this platform.. so no
suggestions about rolling back to 2.2 series.. :)

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Re: Problem with 2.4.14 mounting i2o device as root device Adaptec 3200

[Alan Cox]

> Is anyone successfully using 2.4.14 on an Adaptec 3200s controller?
> This could be a PCI issue, because just we see a lot of interrrupt
> activity on the card just before it dies..

The adaptec i2o has a strange dialect to say the least.

> Am not using modules, compiled the i20 support directly into 2.4.14

Build the dpt_i2o scsi driver and use that, thats from Adaptec themselves
and speaks their i2o dialect

Re: Problem with 2.4.14 mounting i2o device as root device Adaptec 3200 RAID controller?

[arjan]

In article <1005861234.9918.806.camel@mistress> you wrote:
> might be kernel related so tried a freshly rolled 2.4.14 kernel, and it
> fails to mount the root point /dev/i2o/hda1 (kernel panic, cannot mount
> 5001)

Try the RH errata 2.4.9 kernel, it is supposed to have support for this 
device......

Re: Problem with 2.4.14 mounting i2o device as root device Adaptec 3200 RAID controller?

[Adam Popik]

On 15 Nov 2001, Michael Peddemors wrote:
I have intel i2o controller but I cannot install (install works but cannot 
up my mashine after reboot) with RH7.2 but RH7.1 works fine, also RH7.2 
has stipied fdisk it see 1 (one) cylinder in my array druid see all but 
... installer is stupied with my i2o.... I try use kernel from my  working 
RH  7.1 (2.4.12) with same hardware (i2o intel stl2 mainboard 512MB RAM..) 
and kernel panic.... stupied installer in RH 7.2 ?
Sorry for my english...
Adam

> It may be an esoteric problem in my config, but I installed a RedHat 7.2
> onto an Adaptec (It was strange, I could install one out of 3 tries, but
> rebooting into the 2.4.7-pre that ships with RedHat it got to unloading
> free memory, paused about 2 minutes, the the screen rolls with unable to
> read device messages) 3200s/quantum combination, but it gives me read
> problems on the device, with anything more than 512 MG RAM.  Thought it
> might be kernel related so tried a freshly rolled 2.4.14 kernel, and it
> fails to mount the root point /dev/i2o/hda1 (kernel panic, cannot mount
> 5001)
> Hardware has mostly been ruled out, as we replaced the motherboard/and
> controller as well as the mundane cables and terminators...
> 
> Is anyone successfully using 2.4.14 on an Adaptec 3200s controller?
> This could be a PCI issue, because just we see a lot of interrrupt
> activity on the card just before it dies..
> 
> Am not using modules, compiled the i20 support directly into 2.4.14
> 
> Wanted to get some serious 2.4.14 testing on this platform.. so no
> suggestions about rolling back to 2.2 series.. :)
> 
>