2.0.36 + aic7xxx-5.1.4 = no-go

Doug Ledford dledford at redhat.com
Mon Dec 7 16:37:18 PST 1998


On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Vincent Cojot wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Vincent Cojot wrote:
> 
> I just tried 2.0.35+5.1.2 and got the same problems than with
> 2.0.36+5.1.4. After detection of devices, the system goes into a
> continuous loop with:
> 
> scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 46, scsi0, channel 0, id5, lun
> 0 inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00
> (scsi0:0:5:0) Aborting scb 14, flags 0x4
> (scsi0:0:5:0) SCB found on hardware waiting list and aborted
> (scsi0:0:5:0) Aborting scb 14
> (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) 1 commands found and queued for completion
> 
> As I mentionned before, scsi0:0:5:0 is a HP C1533A DAT tape drive...

Alan Cox is getting ready to do a 2.0.37-pre1 kernel that will include my
5.1.5 aic7xxx driver.  I think it might fix your problem (although I don't
gaurantee it).  If you want to try the patch out, let me know and I'll get
you a copy of it.

> 
> Vincent
> 
> > Actually, I just realized this:
> > Device (0:0:5:0) is my tape drive (HP Surestore Dat8i):
> > 
> > root at palanthas:[/proc/scsi]# cat scsi 
> > Attached devices: 
> > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
> >   Vendor: HP       Model: C1533A           Rev: A612
> >   Type:   Sequential-Access              
> > [snip]
> > 
> > I wonder why this is happening, under 2.0.35 with Adaptec AIC7xxx driver
> > version: 5.1.0pre10/3.2.4, operation of all my devices is fine and I just
> > performed a 8GB backup...
> > 
> > I'll try 2.0.35+5.1.2 and see what happens (to debug the problem further).
> 
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