Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262151AbVD1U0y (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:26:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262157AbVD1U0y (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:26:54 -0400 Received: from mail4.utc.com ([192.249.46.193]:2211 "EHLO mail4.utc.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262151AbVD1U0r (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:26:47 -0400 Message-ID: <427146F3.5060605@cybsft.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:26:27 -0500 From: "K.R. Foley" Organization: Cybersoft Solutions, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Bottomley CC: linux-kernel , SCSI Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc3 won't boot from aic7899 References: <4269C60C.3070700@cybsft.com> <1114716611.5022.6.camel@mulgrave> <4271413F.70809@cybsft.com> <1114719624.5022.14.camel@mulgrave> In-Reply-To: <1114719624.5022.14.camel@mulgrave> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2156 Lines: 56 James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 15:02 -0500, K.R. Foley wrote: > >>I am attaching the relevant part of the successful boot log from >>2.6.12-rc2. I don't have a 2.6.11 boot log handy. I can boot it when I >>get home if it will help. I don't know if it is worth mentioning or not, >>but I have had to compile in the SCSI drivers since 2.6.12-rc1. Don't >>know if it's related to this or not. >> >>One other note: I spent enough time tracing this to find that the >>message "target1:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation" seems to be generated >>by code that is in aic79xx_osm. Is this common code or should this code >>not be getting executed for aic7899 cards? > > > Actually, the code is in the scsi_transport_spi class. aic79xx still > has its own internal domain validation. > > >>I'll be happy to try this when I get home. > > > Thanks ... it may not work; I don't have access to any drives with the > problem yours exhibits. > > >>Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 >>Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: >>Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs >>Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: >>Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: (scsi1:A:0): 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15) >>Apr 24 23:23:31 porky kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX118273LC Rev: 6679 > > > Yes, that's what I suspected. Here the internal aic7xxx DV has silently > configured the drive to be narrow. Probably because of cable damage or > something else. > Sorry I missed this before. The reason it is doing this is because this drive is connected using an adapter that converts an LC/LV (is this correct, off the top of my head) interface into a standard SCSI (narrow) interface. Could this be HELPING me here? :) > James > > > -- kr - 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/