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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:28:28 -0500
From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: Leslie Donaldson <donaldlf@i-55.com>
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Subject: Re: Major Failure  2.4.0-test12 Alpha
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> Hello,
>   Just writing in to report a bug in 2.4.0-test12.
> Hardware:
>   PCI-Matrox_Mill
>   PCI-Adaptec 39160 / 160M scsi card
>   PCI-Generic TNT-2 card
>   PCI-Sound blaster -128 (es1370)
> 
> CPU 21164a - Alpha
> 
> Problem:
>   There is a race condition in the aic7xxxx driver that causes the 
> kernel to lock up.
> I don't have a kernel dump yet as the machine reported by it'self..
> This problem has been easy to reproduce. ergo about 3 crashes a day.
> 
> Solution:
>   Sync often and pray.
> 
> Misc:
>   As soon as I get a real dump I will post a followup to this message.

Just to add my 2 bits, I have an AlphaServer 1000A that has a pci-pci
bridge.  I put an adaptec 2940UW on the primary pci bus.  After attempts to
mke2fs on a raid0 set (using 2.2.17 /w and w/o raid patches), it would just
lock and I'd have to reboot the machine.  I was able (IIRC) to remount r/o
the other disk that I had.

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