Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752083AbXFOBEZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:04:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751137AbXFOBER (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:04:17 -0400 Received: from mx1.aecom.yu.edu ([129.98.1.51]:53464 "EHLO mx1.aecom.yu.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751013AbXFOBEQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:04:16 -0400 X-AuditID: 816201a0-9f7cabb000001801-7e-4671e3e83020 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:03:39 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Maurice Volaski Subject: What do the errors Invalid Phase Change and SYNC Offset Error mean Cc: Eric.Moore@lsil.com, mpt_linux_developer@lsil.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1053 Lines: 29 I have an LSI Logic card attached to a RAID. The RAID occasionally reports SCSI bus resets,although that might be unrelated because I have other units of this RAID with the same complaint, but then this just recently was reported by the card: Jun 14 19:19:51 [kernel] [86189.359115] mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x110b0000): F/W: Invalid Phase Change which repeated many times and then Jun 14 19:19:53 [kernel] [86191.654386] mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11040000): F/W: SYNC Offset Error which repeated many times There is also some white crud on the card surface, pictured here: http://www.fluxsoft.com/images/lsicrud.jpg Any comments on what might be going on? -- Maurice Volaski, mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University - 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/