Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:56:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:56:47 -0500 Received: from faui02.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ([131.188.30.102]:30930 "EHLO faui02.informatik.uni-erlangen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:56:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:56:27 +0100 (MET) From: Thomas Glanzmann X-X-Sender: sithglan@faui02.informatik.uni-erlangen.de To: Otto Wyss cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel panic: Loop 1 (aic7xxx driver) In-Reply-To: <3C79198D.B4161A96@bluewin.ch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The easiest way is to use a serial console. Maybe you should have a look at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/, too. Greetings, Thomas On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Otto Wyss wrote: > Since kernel version 2.4.9 I haven't compiled a kernel until recently. With > 2.4.17 I always got the "Kernel panic: Loop 1" from the aic7xxx driver. When I > removed this driver the kernel started correctly. My research on the net showed > that "Gregoire Favre (Kernel panic: Loop 1 (aic7xxx under 2.4.13-ac[246]))" has > the same problem as I and his report is almost exactly as mine. I won't write > mine here since I don't know how to save it into a file, anything is lost after > the hard reset (does anybody know how to save/retrieve kernel messages after a panic?). > > Well but I can give a hint where to look for since the problem disappears when I > compile the aic7xxx driver into the kernel. If (with make menuconfig) the option > "SCSI support" and the low level driver "Adaptec aic7xxx support" is set to "M" > the problem occurs. It occurs only if the option _"SCSI support"_ is set to "M". > I guess only very few people use this option. > > O. Wyss > > -- > Author of "Debian partial mirror synch script" > ("http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/") > - > 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/ > - 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/