From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:01:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:01:10 -0400 Received: from mail.scsiguy.com ([63.229.232.106]:13840 "EHLO aslan.scsiguy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:01:05 -0400 Message-Id: <200108170001.f7H01GI82362@aslan.scsiguy.com> To: A.J.Scott@casdn.neu.edu cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: 2.4.8 aic7xxx -- continuous bus resets In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:04:25 EDT." <3B7A9D88.23945.BFC66BE@localhost> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:01:16 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >I thought I'd look at the 2.4.8 kernel while I figure out what's >wrong with my 2.2.18 installation. The kernel loading gets stuck with >errors from the aic7xxx driver, which keeps timeing out querying the >bus looking for non-existant drives, and when it finaly tries to >query a drive that exists it claims to see bus errors. End result is >that Linux 2.4.8 never mounts any drives or finishes loading. > >The system is an IBM 704 with a built in adaptec aic-7880U >controller, with two drives on first scsi buss. > >2.2.18 has no problems with the adaptec controllers, but has other >issues, which seem to be timer related. 2.4.9 has the latest aic7xxx driver in it. Can you see if that changes things for you? If not, can you hook up a serial console to the machine and provide all of the messages from an aic7xxx=verbose boot? Thanks, Justin