aic7899 problems

aic7899 problems

[Gergely Madarasz]

Hello,

the error message is like this:

scsi0:0:3:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
scsi0:0:3:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO
aic7xxx_abort returns 8194
scsi0:0:3:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
scsi0:0:3:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO
aic7xxx_abort returns 8194
scsi0:0:3:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
(scsi0:A:3:0): Queuing a recovery SCB
scsi0:0:3:0: Device is disconnected, re-queuing SCB
Recovery code sleeping
Recovery code awake
Timer Expired
aic7xxx_abort returns 8195

lots of these messages. the same happens on scsi0:0:4:0, scsi0:0:5:0 and
scsi0:0:9:0, then I get ext2 and I/O errors. I have 4 of these machines
(ibm netfinity 5100), running for several weeks now as http proxies, and
sometimes they crash (3 from 4 have crashed so far at least once, this is
the first time I have logs from the beginning of the crash). The kernel is
stock 2.4.7. On another machine (netfinity 7100, aic7896) I couldn't boot
stock 2.4.9 because I got these messages right after the boot, the old aic
driver worked though. I'm puzzled because the 5100's worked perfectly for
almost a month. What should I try? 

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Re: aic7899 problems

[Justin T. Gibbs]

>Hello,
>
>the error message is like this:
>
>scsi0:0:3:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
>scsi0:0:3:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO
>aic7xxx_abort returns 8194
>
>lots of these messages. the same happens on scsi0:0:4:0, scsi0:0:5:0 and
>scsi0:0:9:0, then I get ext2 and I/O errors. I have 4 of these machines
>(ibm netfinity 5100), running for several weeks now as http proxies, and
>sometimes they crash (3 from 4 have crashed so far at least once, this is
>the first time I have logs from the beginning of the crash). The kernel is
>stock 2.4.7. On another machine (netfinity 7100, aic7896) I couldn't boot
>stock 2.4.9 because I got these messages right after the boot, the old aic
>driver worked though. I'm puzzled because the 5100's worked perfectly for
>almost a month. What should I try? 

Please boot a 2.4.9 system with "aic7xxx=verbose" in your lilo.conf
(aic7xxx driver statically linked into your kernel", or:

options aic7xxx aic7xxx=`"verbose"'

in your modules.conf (you'll have to recreate the initrd for it
to take effect) if you are loading a module.  Use a serial console
to capture all messages from the start of boot through several
reported errors, and send it to me.

--
Justin

Re: aic7899 problems

[Gergely Madarasz]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:58:28AM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >the error message is like this:
> >
> >scsi0:0:3:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
> >scsi0:0:3:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO
> >aic7xxx_abort returns 8194
> >
> >lots of these messages. the same happens on scsi0:0:4:0, scsi0:0:5:0 and
> >scsi0:0:9:0, then I get ext2 and I/O errors. I have 4 of these machines
> >(ibm netfinity 5100), running for several weeks now as http proxies, and
> >sometimes they crash (3 from 4 have crashed so far at least once, this is
> >the first time I have logs from the beginning of the crash). The kernel is
> >stock 2.4.7. On another machine (netfinity 7100, aic7896) I couldn't boot
> >stock 2.4.9 because I got these messages right after the boot, the old aic
> >driver worked though. I'm puzzled because the 5100's worked perfectly for
> >almost a month. What should I try? 
> 
> Please boot a 2.4.9 system with "aic7xxx=verbose" in your lilo.conf
> (aic7xxx driver statically linked into your kernel", or:
> 
> options aic7xxx aic7xxx=`"verbose"'
> 
> in your modules.conf (you'll have to recreate the initrd for it
> to take effect) if you are loading a module.  Use a serial console
> to capture all messages from the start of boot through several
> reported errors, and send it to me.

I'll try but days or weeks might pass before the next crash occurs.
Thanks.

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