Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266037AbUAUUAL (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:00:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264126AbUAUUAL (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:00:11 -0500 Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov ([192.16.0.25]:56266 "EHLO mailwasher-b.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266037AbUAUT7u (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:59:50 -0500 Subject: Re: AIC7xxx kernel problem with 2.4.2[234] kernels From: Stephen Smoogen To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1074293952.1321.5.camel@smoogen2.lanl.gov> References: <1074289406.5752.5.camel@smoogen2.lanl.gov> <2582475408.1074292759@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <1074293952.1321.5.camel@smoogen2.lanl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: CCN-2 ESM/SSC Message-Id: <1074715181.21214.30.camel@smoogen1.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:59:41 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 6728 Lines: 170 Hopefully this wont spark more contention, but here is the additional info I have dug up: The cabling goes from the onboard scsi card to a removable carrier tray to another disk to a terminator. Cabling was pulled out and looked at for cuts, breaks, and other possible problems.. none seen. 07/26/2001 Supermicro 370DL3/370DLE/P3TDL3/P3TDLE BIOS R1.31A PentiumIII(tm), 866MHz 133MHz Host Bus, PC133 SDRAM Checking NVRAM.. 1024 MB OK WAIT... (C) American Megatrends Inc., 63-0726-009999-00101111-072601-AMIBIOS-3DL0726-Y2KC-5 *** Press for SCSISelect(TM) Utility! *** Adaptec SCSI BIOS v3.10 (c) 2001 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved. *** Press for SCSISelect(TM) Utility! *** Slot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product Size Sync Bus ******************************************************************* 00 A 0 0 IBM DDYS-T18350N 17GB 160 16 00 A 4 0 IBM DDYS-T18350N 17GB 160 16 00 A 6 0 Putting in the debug options Justin sent in a seperate email.. I dont get much more data. Red Hat nash verSCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 sion 3.3.10 starting Loading scPCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 01:03.0 si_mod module Lahc_pci:1:3:0: Reading SEEPROM...oading sd_mod modone. dule Loading aiahc_pci:1:3:0: Manual LVD Termination c7xxx module ahc_pci:1:3:0: BIOS eeprom is present ahc_pci:1:3:0: Secondary High byte termination Enabled ahc_pci:1:3:0: Secondary Low byte termination Enabled ahc_pci:1:3:0: Primary Low Byte termination Enabled ahc_pci:1:3:0: Primary High Byte termination Enabled ahc_pci:1:3:0: Downloading Sequencer Program... 423 instructions downloaded ahc_pci:1:3:0: Features 0x1def6, Bugs 0x40, Flags 0x20485560 scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.3.4 aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs blk: queue f7ecb374, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) (scsi0:A:0:0): Sending PPR bus_width 1, period 9, offset 7f, ppr_options 2 (scsi0:A:0:0): Received PPR width 1, period 9, offset 3f,options 2 Filtered to width 1, period 9, offset 3f, options 2 (scsi0:A:0): 6.600MB/s transfers (16bit) scsi0: target 0 using 16bit transfers (scsi0:A:0): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit) scsi0: target 0 synchronous at 80.0MHz DT, offset = 0x3f (scsi0:A:0): 80.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63) scsi0: target 0 using 8bit transfers (scsi0:A:0): 3.300MB/s transfers scsi0: target 0 using asynchronous transfers scsi0: Unexpected busfree while idle SEQADDR == 0x1 scsi0: Unexpected busfree while idle SEQADDR == 0x1 scsi0: Unexpected busfree while idle SEQADDR == 0x1 scsi0: Unexpected busfree while idle SEQADDR == 0x1 wait 30-40 minutes scsi0: Unexpected busfree while idle SEQADDR == 0x1 (scsi0:A:4:0): Sending PPR bus_width 1, period 9, offset 7f, ppr_options 2 (scsi0:A:4:0): Received PPR width 1, period 9, offset 3f,options 2 Filtered to width 1, period 9, offset 3f, options 2 (scsi0:A:4): 6.600MB/s transfers (16bit) scsi0: target 4 using 16bit transfers (scsi0:A:4): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit) scsi0: target 4 synchronous at 80.0MHz DT, offset = 0x3f Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T18350N Rev: S9YB Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 blk: queue f7ecb474, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) (scsi0:A:4): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit) scsi0:A:4:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 32 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB) Partition check: sda: Mounting /proc filesystem Creating root device Mounting root filesystem mount: error 6 mounting ext2 pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 Freeing unused kernel memory: 116k freed Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. A good boot looks like the following: Loading aic7xxx module scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8 aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs blk: queue c364fe14, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T18350N Rev: S80D Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 blk: queue f7c9a014, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T18350N Rev: S9YB Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 blk: queue f7c9a414, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 32 scsi0:A:4:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 32 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 (scsi0:A:0): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit) SCSI device sda: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB) Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 > (scsi0:A:4): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit) SCSI device sdb: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB) sdb: Mounting /proc filesystem On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 15:59, Stephen Smoogen wrote: > On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 15:39, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > Booting problems with aic7xxx with stock kernel 2.4.24. > > > > ... > > > > > Unexpected busfree while idle > > > SEQ 0x01 > > > > A problem with similar symptoms was corrected in driver version 6.2.37 > > back in August of last year. Can you try using the latest driver source > > from here: > > > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ > > > > and see if your problem persists? The aic79xx driver archive at the > > above location includes both the aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers. If this > > does not resolve your problem there are other debugging options we can > > enable that may aid in tracking down the problem. > > Hi I did that already; sorry for not being clearer about it in the bug > report. For some of my systems I had patched my kernel to have the > latest source code from your site for our aic79xx machines. I ran that > kernel on these other systems and it locked up in a similar state. > > I am ready for the additional debugging options :). Thanks for your > quick response. -- Stephen John Smoogen smoogen@lanl.gov Los Alamos National Lab CCN-5 Sched 5/40 PH: 4-0645 Ta-03 SM-1498 MailStop B255 DP 10S Los Alamos, NM 87545 -- So shines a good deed in a weary world. = Willy Wonka -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/