Booting Problems Linux2.0.34 AIC5.0.14

[Andre Hinrichs]

Hi!

On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, William Montgomery wrote:

> I am having trouble with the AIC7XXX driver in Linux 2.0.34, Slackware
> distribution.  The driver is AIC7XXX_C_VERSION  "5.0.14".  The hardware
> platform is a Pentium Pro 200Mhz.
> 
> I have 3 devices connected to the SCSI bus:
>   Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-ROM PX-32TS    Rev: 1.02
>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>   Vendor: SONY      Model: SDT-9000          Rev: 0123
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
>   Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST34520N          Rev: 1281
>   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
> 
> I boot from sda.  Most of the time the scsi disk is NOT detected,
> out of 10 tries, 1-2 times it is detected.  I am getting DID_TIME_OUT
> when scan_scsis_single() runs.
> 
> I installed an old version of this driver (4.0) and it works great,
> never gets a DID_TIME_OUT.  Anybody have any ideas?

I think it would be a good idea to switch to the latest kernel 2.0.36
available at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0 with the latest
aic7xxx driver patch 5.1.6 available at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic

> Is there a web site that contains this mailing list in a searchable
> format?

Yes, but unfortunately I deleted the bookmark.

Andre


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