From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:31:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:31:08 -0500 Received: from f4.law8.hotmail.com ([216.33.241.4]:17683 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:30:46 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [170.148.65.7] From: "Jason Perlow" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Adaptec 19160 Problems Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:30:39 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2001 18:30:39.0755 (UTC) FILETIME=[19E5A5B0:01C079A1] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greetings (and Linus and Alan if youre listening, thanks): I'm having a few bizarre problems with an adaptec 19160 scsi controller and several Linux distributions inlcluding Redhat 6.2 and 7.0, and I was wondering if anyone encountered anything similar and might be able to help. The machine is an Athlon 1.2Ghz with 512MB PC133 RAM, Microstar VIA KT-133 Pro2 motherboard, with twin Adaptec 19160 32-bit SCSI untra 3 controllers. Both scsi chains are properly terminated with U-160 rated cable, both drives are recognized by adaptec's bios and utilities. Irregardless of which brand of Ultra160 10K RPM hard disk I use (I have several set up in removable bays as bootable devices), during the setup routine and boot sequence of every distro I have tried with 2.2 kernels, the drives initialize but the bus appears to constantly reset and the drives timeout and re-try to initialize again and again and again according to console error messages when the Adaptec 7892 module attempts to load, and I cant progress to the partitioning stages. The only way to get around this is to use an IDE boot device and use the disk as secondary storage. This appears to occur with Redhat 6.2, Redhat 7, Mandrake 7.2 and Suse 7.0 . I know the hardware configuration is ok because I am using one of the removable drives with Windows 2000 and Windows ME just fine. I have also used these same drives on Linux with other machines that have similar adaptec U160 chipsets (SGI 330, IBM Intellistation) and with the 29160 controller (64 bit PCI version of 7892 chipset) without these problems, so this is puzzling the hell out of me. I have also tried ripping these controllers out of this new athlon box and tried them as bootable devices in a Pentium III machine, same problems. Anyone know who is responsible for the adaptec module? I'd love to be able to kick this in the bud or find out if it was resolved in 2.4.0 thanks in advance! Jason Perlow President, Argonaut Systems Corp http://www.argonautsystems.com perlow@hotmail.com Media Affiliations: Contributing Editor, Sm@rt Partner www.smartpartnermag.com Sr. Technology Editor, Linux Magazine www.linux-mag.com Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux www.maximumlinux.com 138 Vista Drive, Cedar Knolls NJ 07927 (973)451-0215 (646)349-1324 eFax _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/